Page 24 of Obsessed

"That makes two of us." I toss back the rest of thebeer.

"Yeah, yeah, you can kick my ass after we get her back safely. Pizza man has been here long enough." Clark stops at the door. "One more time and then I'm cutting you off. Besides, I need you back on the streets. Silvana is about as productive out there as my mom would be. In fact, at eighty-five, she can think faster on her feet thanhim."

"Silvana's all right," I say, garnering a surprised look from thecaptain.

"High praise indeed, considering the source. Get word to me the second you're back thistime."

"Yep."

23

Kane

She's hadthree days to recuperate from her desert adventure. Long enough. I head toward the bedroom corridor with one thing on mymind.

"Sir," Jason's voice calls frombehind.

I turn around. "What isit?"

"Sir, I just thought I'd let you know," Jasonhesitates.

"Out with it, Jason. I'm on my way—" I stop. "What is it? Can itwait?"

"It's quick and probably meaningless. The lab just got a delivery of hair dye. They said the women had put it on theirlists."

I'm staring at him wondering if he crowned himself on one of the lower doorways. "Why are you telling me aboutthis?"

He takes a breath and seems ready to drop the subject. "It's just that it's red hair dye. Some of the women have decided to dye their hairred."

The mention of red hair grabs my interest. "I'm gathering, by the look on your face, you might know why they've decided to gored."

"The new club member,Haverton—"

"Yes, what abouthim?"

"On his first night here, he told the women that he had a thing for redhair."

"I see. Well, I guess my plan worked. The women are getting kind of bored so I thought he'd spark some enthusiasm." I can tell Jason isn'tfinished.

"Anythingelse?"

He shakes his head. "No. I just thought you shouldknow."

"Great. See to it that everything is ready to go for tonight." I head toward her bedroom. My mind and body have been so focused on her I'm not thinking straight. But, it seems my loyal bodyguard is. Red hair. The new member just happens to have a thing for red hair.Interesting.

24

Angie

Istandlike a statue under the shower head hoping the hot water will wash some sense and reason into me but it's impossible. Sense and reason went long ago when the first squirt of nectar entered my body. I can't logically figure out a way to get free of this existence. A good deal of that is because I can't imagine leaving him. But the poison analogy works in both directions. He is the worst and yet the most incredible thing that has ever happened to me. And sorting those feelings out is like untangling the mystery of the universe, impossible and out of reach. Occasionally, when I'm feeling stupidly out of touch with reality, I convince myself that I like being here because he needs me. He wants me and it's allunconditional.

Kane moves so quietly, so confidently I don't hear him walk into the room, or, for that matter, the bathroom. "I'm almost finished," I call and instantly my body reacts to the notion that he is standing in the same room. He's cut down my doses from three to two, hoping to help me gain back some appetite, but this morning's injection is still coursing strong through my veins. Seeing him through the steamy glass of the shower makes it pump harder. Even standing under a waterfall of hot water, I can feel my pussy throb with moistheat.

He's standing just outside the shower watching me with those stark blue eyes. His jaw is set firmly. His shoulders look rigid and hard. I smear away the condensation and smile at him. There's no smile in return but then there rarelyis.

He starts to unbutton his shirt, not taking his eyes from me as he undresses. My breath is coming in short, frantic puffs by the time he has stripped naked, revealing the lethally hard physique beneath the business shirt andslacks.

The shower door opens and a rush of cool air is followed by the waves of heat rolling off his body. There is more tension than normal in hisbody.

---