ough the broken blinds, sta

sound of pain ca

gginess. He woke up like a cornered leopard

plastic zip ties bit vi

ron headboard shrieked, the entire bed f

he baseball bat slipped in her swe

head. His eyes

n degrees. The sheer, predatory aggressi

ded. His voice was weak, but th

bat tighter, holding it like a shiel

The anger in his eyes flickered, rep

I?" he

games with me." She raise

thing turned rapid, panicked. He wasn't looking at her anymore; he wa

nuinely t

aced. He had amnesia. The five million d

or him. She needed

lked to the edge of the be

er voice remarkably steady.

ing. He opened his e

king laugh scraped

annel pajamas, the peeling paint on the w

pping with aristocratic disdain. "It costs more than this ent

ng sharply. "You bought that before the bank

eyes w

iron bed frame shrieked in protest, the metal joints bending and warping violently under his immense power, but the pipe didn't break. Instead, the sheer, violent friction

scre

ken half of the plastic tie with him, and

own. Her knees

art. He inhaled sharply, h

e a dangerous rumble against her lips.

hot against her mouth. The sheer, overpowering

His lips were a mi

r hand downward, pressing her palm directl

p hiss. His grip on

alling off the bed and hitt

est heaving. "I don't know you

ching his bleeding stomach. His chest rose and fell

ere screaming. He was bleeding out in a stranger's apar

e terrified wom

denly devoid of all emotion, cold as a boardroom

hed into her pocket, pulled out the

the remaining zip tie. The