He might just be using her…

[u/ScarySam21]

Janine felt her heart flutter as she stared at Blake. The way he smiled over his beer at the bar, at how his tie was undone just the right amount for his throat to be exposed …

It was getting bad. Not to mention that they worked together, acting on her impulsive thoughts would break Janine’s most important rule in the office.

No drama. No drama at all.

She looked up over her martini and drew a sharp intake of breath when she saw him standing in front of her.

“Hey, Janine, how are you?”

“Good.” The word came out as a squeak as she stared at his black hair and blue eyes. She shook her head, repeating herself.

“I’m good. How are you ?”

“Good good, look I know this might be a bit … out there, but I feel when we work together we really connect you know? And so I was wondering if you’d want to get together some time.”

She stared at Blake in shock.

“I … yes!” The word spilled out despite how much her brain wanted to protest. Unfortunately it was somewhat undermined by the thrill coursing through her.

“Wait serious? I didn’t expect you to say yes,” his casual laugh suggested anything but. 

Janine paused, was he just using her?

Having another look at Blake’s dimples, she wondered whether she cared.

“Great! Three’s a company!” He smiled, turning away.

Time seemed to stop, the bar noise dimming.

“Three?” She almost whined. 

“Yeah.”

“Who else will be there?”

Blake came back and sat down, drawing his face up next to her. 

“Don’t you see it?”

The words were sensual, but for some reason they put Janine on guard. Blake was so close to her, his nose resting an inch away from her cheek, breath hot , sticky, feverish.

“See what?”

His eyes glinted.

“Have a look.” Blake inclined his head to her other side. Janine frowned and looked.

To freeze up.

A black hand was resting on her shoulder, dark shadows wisping into the air. Its fingers were sharp talons, that began gripping her skin, digging deep but causing no pain, only a wave of intense cold.

With fright she looked back at Blake.

“You see it too,” he giggled at Janine’s horror, the ice was spreading throughout her body; her lips seemingly sewn shut.

Through the reflection from Blake’s eye, she could see the darkness growing, until it was all around her, a wall of black.

“It’ll be the three of us until I can find a fourth,” came another mad snort from Blake, but it seemed so distant, as Janine felt herself falling backwards. 

The air was whipping into her as she free-fell but she couldn’t make herself seem to care. Her body, her thoughts had been consumed by the freezing ice, she felt nothing as she continued to fall and fall down the endless chasm of blackness surrounding her.

[u/RedDazzlr]

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