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stillness told me this was about to end. I didn’t want it to end but then again the way I was reacting to an innocent kiss might mean I wasn’t ready for Dank Walker’s kisses. I started to move and his arms tightened their hold on my waist.
    “No. Please. Not yet. Let me have this,” the pleading sound in his voice as his words were spoken against my skin compelled me to do as he asked. Who could say no to that?
    His heavy breathing mad e very bad thoughts run through my head. His arms slid around me and pulled me closer as his knee lowered , but his leg stayed there between mine. “Are you coming Friday night? I want you there,” he said as he finally lifted his head to look at me.
    He wasn’t my type. He wasn’t safe. But I didn’t care. I was a college student . I’d been safe long enough. It was time I gave in a little to the wild side. “Yes, I’ll be there.”
    Dank closed his eyes in relief and a smile tugged the corner of his lips. “I was prepared to bribe you. That was easier than I thought,” he replied.
    “Bribe me, huh? Maybe I should have held out longer .”
    Dank’s eyes lowered and studied my lips. “What do you want, Pagan? Just ask.”
    Whoa. He was once again a little too intense.
    “Um, well, right now I want to take a nap because I didn’t get nearly enough sleep last night.” I was sure that was not the answer he’d been hoping for but it was t rue .
    Dank stepped back and I suddenly felt cold. “Don’t let Gee make you do things you don’t want to. She doesn’t require as much sleep as you do.”
    Were they related? N othing else made sense. She seemed close to him but they weren’t a couple or anything remotely close to that. “I’m a big girl. I can handle Gee.”
    Dank let out a short sexy laugh and nodded, “Yeah. I know.”

    Dank
    “She doesn’t remember you either. I expected her to forget me. But why doesn’t she remember you ? ” I’d felt his arrival but I had waited until Pagan was far enough away to turn around and look at him.
    Leif , the voodoo spirit that had once held a claim to Pagan’s soul , stood several feet away from me. I had thought taking her from him with the warning to end his world would be enough to keep him away. The boy was verging on stupid. “She isn’t your concern. I suggest you go back to Vilokan and play with your friends there. My patience with you is wearing thin , Voodoo prince .”
    He glared at me and crossed his arms over his chest. “I’m not doing anything wrong. I’ve left her alone. I just came to see if she was okay. Before you showed up , protecting Pagan had been the only life I’d ever known.”
    Leif had been Pagan’s dark angel. One she hadn’t known existed. His sick and twisted claim on her soul had been something I’d fought his father, the Voodoo lord of the dead for in his own dwelling.
    “You ’ve screwed with Pagan’s future enough. She i s just now learning what a normal human life is like. I’m the only one that she needs to assure her protection. I won’t tolerate you r hanging around. This isn’t your business.”
    Leif started to say more when Gee appeared by my side. “Well look what Hell has done drug up,” she said with a sigh and plopped down on the table. “Do I need to make sure you boys play nice? Bec ause I will and I’ll enjoy every second of it.”
    Leif’s glare turned to one of hatred when he shifted his focus to Gee. There was no love los t between the two of them. “She doesn’t remember you either,” Leif snarled.
    “ Ooooh look , Dankmar . He’s still just as quick as he ever was. Doesn’t that just make us the lucky ones ? ”
    “I’m not leaving until one of you explain to me what is wrong with Pagan,” Leif demanded.
    Gee cackled and I knew her small bout of humor was running thin. The Voodoo prince was pushing it. “Pagan is fine. She is finding herself without the claim of evil on her soul. “
    Leif started to take a step forward and Gee was in his