Page 33 of Dark Desire
“I, um, I can’t. I am a little tied up,” I shouted back, unsure if he could even hear me.
There was more persistent banging. I struggled on the bed, attempting to grab the duvet with my feet, but it was useless.
“Miss Knightsbridge. If you do not open this door within the next ten seconds, I will have no choice but to gain entry by force.”
Oh, fucking hell.
“I really can’t open the door, officer. This isn’t a choice!”
Seconds later, I heard a loud bang as someone kicked in my front door. I squirmed and screamed, trying my best to keep some modesty by finding the best position that wouldn’t give PC Mawdly an indecent view. That was also useless. Footsteps sounded up the stone stairs and I panicked.
“Don’t come in! I’m naked!”
“We’ve heard that one before.”
“No really! Is, um, PC Reid with you?”
There was a pause in footsteps. “Yes.”
“Can you send her in first so she can…clarify my situation?”
There was some mumbling, and then PC Reid appeared at the entrance of my bedroom door. Her brown eyes nearly fell out of her head as I gave her a tight smile and a little wave through the handcuffs.
“Um, yes,” she stuttered, her cheeks turning pink. “We, er, definitely have a situation.”
I exhaled slowly through my parted lips as my eyes darted around the sparse interrogation room. I couldn’t stop rubbing my hands together nervously while waiting for the officers to come back in. Thankfully, PC Reid covered me before PC Mawdly entered the room and broke the handcuffs with pliers. They also kindly allowed me to have a shower before dragging my ass down to the station. They only asked me two questions about the compromising and utterly humiliating position they had found me in.
Was I okay, and did I have something to report?
No. And no. I was very aware of how mentally unstable I was. And did I want to report the man who was stalking me, breaking into my home, tying me to a bed and giving me the best orgasms of my life before he attempted to kill me? It was very tempting, but for their own safety, because said man was a supernatural assassin who could kill them before they could blink, no. No, I had nothing to report.
The door opened and both officers entered. PC Reid with a sympathetic smile and PC Mawdly with a deep frown. Good cop, bad cop.Okay. Gotcha.
They both sat down opposite me and the looks in their eyes made my heart rate climb.
“Before we discuss the reason you are here, we would just like to ask again, are you sure you don’t have anything to report?”
I shook my head. “No. Um,” I exhaled again, avoiding PC Mawdly’s eyes and focusing on the woman instead. “Last night was, um, a sexual thing. It was all consensual.”
“But why would you be left like that?” PC Reid asked, narrowing her eyes. “If you are protecting someone, Miss Knightsbridge, they do not deserve it.”
I’m protecting you, you fool!I wanted to scream.
“It wasn’t like that. It, um, it’s part of it. Like a game we play. He would have come back eventually and let me go,” I lied.
They clearly weren’t buying this crap either.
“And all the blood? There was a lot of blood on your bedsheets.”
I tugged awkwardly at the turtle-neck jumper I was wearing to hide the noticeable fang marks on my neck and hated what I was about to say. “It’s my time of the month.”
Officer Mawdly suddenly choked on air. Officer Reid looked utterly horrified. I stared down at my hands as my cheeks turned crimson.
“Honestly, I’m really sorry you had to find me like that. It’s not a habit I make but I’m just exploring a few, um, new kinks.”
PC Mawdly cleared his throat after recovering. “I see. And your, er, partner in these activities…” He shuffled in his seat, looking thoroughly uncomfortable.
“No one local. He’s just visiting and will be leaving soon.” Once again, their gazes told me they were doubtful but had no choice but to believe what I was feeding them. Wanting to change the subject, even if it was to the crime I was suspected of committing, I said, “Shall we talk about the grave? Have you found who did it yet?”
