Flesh: Part Five (The Flesh Series Book 5) (5 page)
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Authors: Sky Corgan
“
Trust
me, okay. Just trust me.”
I don't want to show
up late. Hell, I don't want to show up at all. Who am I to know what
guys like though? I haven't been with that many of them. Janice has
had at least twenty boyfriends to every one that I've had.
“
How
about I pour us a glass of wine while you finish up your makeup?”
Janice jumps off of the counter.
“
Sounds
good,” I grumble.
Wine might still my
nerves a bit.
Maybe, if we show up
late, Lucian will already have a few drinks in him as well. He won't
care that I look like a cow who trampled through a sex store. And the
later we get there, the sooner we can leave. Perhaps showing up late
isn't such a bad idea after all.
CHAPTER FOUR
The parking lot is
absolutely packed. People are coming and going, dressed in vinyl and
latex and leather. Some are even dressed in street clothes, but those
are few and far between.
My heart is pounding
in my chest as Janice kills the engine and steps out of the car. Now,
more than ever, I wish my skirt was longer, or that I was skinnier,
or that I could just disappear on the spot. I've never felt more out
of place in my entire life, and we're not even inside yet.
“
Are
you ready?” Janice asks. There's a confident smile plastered
across her face. If only I could have an ounce of her excitement. All
I feel is dread. I don't even want to see Lucian anymore. This just
isn't worth it.
I nod, because I
have no other choice. If I said no, Janice would just coerce me to go
inside anyway. Now that we're here, there's no turning back.
Briefly, I think
about sending Lucian a text to let him know we've arrived. Even
though we're late, he hasn't texted me. I'm not sure if that means
he's pissed off, or that he's already forgotten about me.
We make our way to
the door. There's a line going in, but it's short. Once we get to the
doorman, he asks for twenty dollars a piece as an entry fee. My hands
are shaking as I pull the money from my purse, and he gives me a
curious grin, like he can tell I'm completely inexperienced and have
no idea what I'm getting myself into.
“
Go
on in, girls. Have a good time,” he tells us, and we step into
a world of flashing lights and music.
As soon as we've
gone a few feet inside, I stop to get my bearings. The place is huge.
There's a stage with a DJ and dancers. Scantily clad girls sway to
the music in the middle of the dance floor with their partners. On
one side of the dance floor is booths and exhibits. On the other side
is two levels of seating. There appears to be a VIP area of sorts on
the top floor, and a bunch of chairs and benches set up on the bottom
floor for everyone else. My eyes briefly dart up to the top floor,
but if Lucian is there, I can't see him.
“
Let's
go look.” Janice grabs my hand and pulls me over toward the
booths.
“
I
need to find Lucian,” I tell her over the music. It's dubstep.
I'm not sure what I was expecting, but definitely not dubstep.
“
We
can find him later. Make him wait, remember. Besides, if he spots
you, he'll have to come get you. That's what you want.”
It's not what I
want. None of this is what I want. I don't even want to be here. I
thought that once we got inside, I'd feel better. Seeing all the
gorgeous half-naked women walking around me though only makes me feel
worse. I'm like a whale in a sea of Janices. These women are so
beautiful it makes me sick. And I'm just...meh.
I try not to focus
on it too much as I allow Janice to drag me from booth to booth. Some
of them have sex toys. Others have fetish wear. Others have specific
BDSM gear, like paddles or restraints. One booth is giving away free
condoms, and Janice takes a fistful of them like a teenager who has
never had access to them before. I don't even bother taking one,
partly because she grabbed enough for both of us and also because
Lucian refuses to wear them. I wonder where he is right now. I wonder
if he sees me. I wonder if he's waiting for me to come to him.
My eyes wander to
the VIP area again. I can't see up there very well through all the
fog and the lasers that are dancing across it. Somehow, I know he's
up there. He has to be. That's where all the wealthy lifestylers are.
“
I
don't think he can see me,” I say to Janice as she shops for
nipple tassels.
“
We'll
go after I'm done here.” She doesn't even look at me.
“
What
do you need those for anyway?” I cock an eyebrow. She doesn't
have a boyfriend right now.
“
I
want to wear them for Sir next time I see him. It will be a
surprise,” she chirps as she picks out a pair with tiny red
rhinestone hearts hanging off of them and takes them up to the
vendor.
I watch people
playing with glow sticks on the dance floor while Janice completes
her transaction. Fleshfest isn't what I expected at all, to be
honest. It reminds me more of a club than anything else. A club with
a different dress code. Aside from the vendors and the outfits that
everyone is wearing, it would be hard to tell that this is a kink
festival. Then again, we haven't gone to the dungeon yet. I'm
honestly not sure if I want to see it.
Janice steps up next
to me with a small bag in her hand. “Are you ready?”
“
Ready
as I'm going to be.” I look down the line of vendors that we
missed before taking a deep breath and walking across the room
towards the stairs.
Janice's energy is
almost annoying. She skips and dances when we pass through the dance
floor. I'm starting to get the feeling that she'd much rather be
wandering around on her own than tagging along with me. I'm being
such an uptight buzzkill.
Maybe that will
change when I get to Lucian. Probably not, though. This is all so
alien to me, and even though I feel a lot more relaxed now that I
know it's not just wall to wall submissives being teased by their
Masters, I still feel out of place. This isn't my scene.
We reach the bottom
of the stairs and are met by a scary looking guard. He seems even
less happy to be here than I am, wearing what appears to be a
permanent scowl along with his skin-tight shirt and pants.
“
I'm
looking for Lucian Reddick,” I say timidly.
He looks me up and
down, but his expression doesn't change. “Name?”
“
Amy
Underwood. This is my friend Janice Elledge.” I'm not sure why
I even bother telling him Janice's name. It's not like Lucian knows
it.
“
Go
up.” The guard steps aside. He's so broad he reminds me of a
door. There's no doubt in my mind that no one is going up these steps
without his permission.
I lower my gaze as
we walk past him and start up the stairs. By the time we reach the
top, I'm breathless. I feel so out of shape. That's not the only
reason my heart is speeding up though. I'm about to see Lucian in his
element—in his world, as he called it, and I'm honestly not
sure what to expect.
“
We're
looking for a guy with really blue eyes, right?” Janice steps
up beside me and asks.
The top floor has
better lighting than the bottom floor. Despite the fog floating
around, visibility is pretty good.
For a second, I
worry that Lucian got bored and left. Last time I checked my watch,
it was a little past nine. I wouldn't blame him if he got fed up of
waiting.
That's not the case
though. It takes me a moment to pick him out of the sparse crowd
upstairs, but when I do, it feels like my heart instantly turns to
stone. He's sitting on a long sofa at the back of the room, and
there's a girl on his lap.
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