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his palm
slapped the table. Maggie and Enrique were laughing so hard Gwen
found herself laughing too.
    “Fire-water.” His voice hissed from
between his clenched teeth. “I understand.”
    Three more drinks were set in front of them.
Maggie held out the salt to Arka. “You man enough for more, or
you want to puss out and be the designated driver so I can get
Enrique shit-faced and take advantage of him?”
    She heard Enrique whisper to Maggie, “I’ll
buy a bottle to go.” Good thing Arka never slept in his tent.
Tonight maybe he’d sleep inside the trailer instead of on the
ground outside her door.
    Arka snatched the salt and Maggie hooted. He
lifted Gwen’s hand, sucked in each of her fingers before he
licked her web, sending waves of arousal coursing through her system.
Her shorts grew wet with wanting him. Then he sprinkled her web with
salt.
    I need this. Gwen didn’t wait for a
toast. The heat of the liquor didn’t alleviate her burning need
for him in the slightest. It rushed to her head, leaving her dizzy
and tingly all over.
    “Is it weird that totally turned me on?”
Enrique blurted.
    Maggie grabbed Gwen, dragging her from her
stool. “Let’s sing.”
    ****
    When the next drinks came, Arka didn’t
bother with salt and lime, he just drank it. Then drank Gwen’s
too. Though the girls seemed to be having fun, the song they selected
about a wife abuser named Earl—who he fully agreed, “had
to die,”—seemed more than just a song.
    It ended and Maggie whispered in the
music-maker’s ear. She returned to the table and leaned against
Enrique’s chest. “Watch this.”
    The lights dimmed so only one gave Gwen’s
face a soft glow. The music started and she swayed her hips softly.
Her eyes met Arka’s and he leaned forward attentively.
    “In my secret dreams, I search for you.
Blindly in the dark of night. You think that I don’t know, I
will show you love … when the time is right.”
    “Running through the twilight, twilight.
With eternal love in sight. You’ll find it in my arms tonight.”
    Her voice rang out pure and strong, wrapping him
in the cocoon of her words. Her expression … the look in her
eye … like she were trying to tell him a secret. He felt the
sudden urge to kneel before her in worship again. The rhythm changed
and her dancing became more erotic.
    “Bound to the night, our hearts will
unite, surrendered beneath, beneath … beneath the moonlight.
Oh … our hearts are joined … beneath the moonlight.”
    Enrique batted his arm over the table. Arka held
his breath.
    “Bound to the night, our hearts will
unite, surrendered beneath, beneath … beneath the moonlight.
Oh … our hearts are joined … beneath the moonlight.”
    “She really likes you. This has been her
favorite song forever … and she’s singing it to you,”
Maggie said. He appreciated the insight into Gwen’s private
world. He appreciated it even more when she stopped talking so he
could hear the rest of the moonlight song.
    Gwen took a bow when the room erupted in cheers.
With a light blush on her cheeks, she handed the metal voice catcher
to a person who stepped into her spot. Arka stood, captured her
behind her neck, and bent her backward into a perfect dip, pouring
his love into a scorching kiss. Her arms wrapped around his neck and
she opened to him fully.
    Everything around them ceased to exist. Only
her. He tried to shrug off the hand to his shoulder. “Uncle,”
Enrique yelled into his ear. Arka lifted his head from Gwen’s
sweet lips, ready to pound his nephew to dust, and met the amused
faces of a half-dozen people. He looked down at Gwen; she smiled and
bit her bottom lip.
    People began to compliment him, and Arka
realized what he’d nearly done. “I’m sorry,
Goddess.” He whispered once she was back in her seat.
    “Looks like it’s going around.”
Gwen smirked. Arka followed her line of sight to see Enrique and
Maggie kissing at the table. “I think it’s time to go.”
She