f,"You must be freezing, Miss Bennett. Please, allow the

d down a long, sprawling corridor. The walls were l

own on her chest, making it hard to bre

te. She placed a set of brand-new silk loungewe

She stared at her reflection. Her hair was matted with rain. Her clothes were

t. She turned away from the mirro

oulder. The door popped open, leading her not into a small guest bath, but into a caver

memory of last night off her skin. She turned on t

ruined clothes and st

by the monster in the hotel room. A sharp hiss of pain escaped her

ront doors of the

strode into

ll furious about last night. He had been drugged, set up, and the high-c

ew it at Alistair. "Is the Bennett woman her

t wing, sir," Alist

stop walking. He headed straight for his maste

p ears immediately caught the sound of run

was another woman trying to climb

hroom and shoved the

e haze, Adaline was standing u

choed her silent screams from the hotel room. She spun around, her eyes blown wide, her chest heaving

e towel from the rack and clutched it tightly against her chest like a shield, pressi

ood in th

gaze swept over her wet, panicked face. He recognized

the dark, mottled bruises blooming across

story. They were the violent, messy aft

e from his throat. His eye

other men off before coming here to cash your c

l room flashed behind her eyes. Her hands shook violently as s

. The sheer physical dominance of his presence made her lungs sei

lethal whisper. "Don't think you can

to life. She bit down hard on her lower lip.

door," she said, her vo

flicker of irritation tightened his ch

room," he ordered,

mmed the door so hard the glass walls vibrated,

wet marble wall and hit the floor. The hum

mouth to muffle her cries. She ha

ff and put on the oversized silk loungewear.

uest room door, and stepped out to f