Underworld Lover (A Guardian Angel Romance #2) by haron Hamilton

Author:haron Hamilton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-12-14T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Joshua wandered the cobblestoned streets that dripped with RedEcstasy fog. The gaiety of the place now seemed extra cruel. So many people finding things that they liked to do, he thought. He passed by bars, including the Blue Raven, where he recognized buddies he had been able to drink under the table and swap stories of “up top” romps and adventures. He was not seeking the eyes of people who knew him, except for Felix.

He found Felix at the Pussycat. The pink boa around his naked body was the only ornament Felix wore as he stood inside a metal cage with one of the small dancers. The flesh of his tummy looked almost boyish, not from years of partying, but because Felix never had been toned in the first place. He was almost devoid of muscle. His pink nipples giggled like Jell-O as he danced and hopped around the lighted enclosure, chasing after the redheaded dancer who was considerably younger. As was customary, she was chained by the ankle to the cage and couldn’t get away from the rust hair colored Pan wannabe sharing her dancing space.

Josh’s mood lightened as he heard Felix sing in falsetto. Aretha Franklin’s Natural Woman.

Felix was well into the next stanza when he stopped and glared at Josh, who had taken up a seat in the front row. He whispered something to the dancer, who looked around his shoulder, displaying a toothy red smile and a mockingly shy demeanor. Josh didn’t recognize her.

Felix picked up his clothes from the lighted floor of the dance box, then exited the back, down metal stairs. Lights on stringers draped about the box shook with his clumsy gait. He appeared to Josh a minute later, fully clothed, a confident smile on his very inebriated face. His lips and teeth were stained with RedEcstasy.

“Well, if it isn’t my old sponsor. Got your wings clipped yet?” Felix beamed, his eyes suddenly hungry for some bad news.

“I’m not sure what you mean.”

“When he comes for you, will you try to vaporize him back?” The red glow to Felix’s already yellowed teeth almost matched his kinky reddish brown hair.

“That depends. If he begs me, I might have to oblige.” Josh tried to seem casual, unconcerned.

Felix frowned, nodding. “You are an asshole, Josh.”

“Yes, well, I’ve never sacrificed someone I cared about to a raging psycho like the director. Just what do you think that makes you, my friend?” Josh took quick inventory of Felix’s disheveled frame and wincing pink face. He hoped the young dark could still feel the pain through his altered state, and guessed he did.

Felix looked down immediately with tears in his eyes and began to sob through his words, “You took her away from me.”

“Only in your mind, son.”

Felix shook his head from side to side.

“You can’t be serious, Felix. She wasn’t ever going to be yours for long. She wanted you as a friend, and you delivered on that promise. You got her to change her mind. But the two of you? Together? That wasn’t going to happen.

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