Manhattan rain, the hum of the heater making the

t just resting against her anymore. The alcohol coursing through his veins seemed to have eroded the strict, impene

her waist, clamping around the nape of her neck. He forced his face deeper into the curve of

ion, he opened his mouth and sank his teet

arm crimson welled up beneath his teeth, leaving a deep, bruising mark on her flesh. He wa

lina's gray-blue eyes. The profound ph

sly into the pressure points on his wrists. With a brutal, calculated twist-a self-defense maneuv

of pain, his eyes snapping open

back against the leather seats. She didn't spare him a second glance. She le

now!" she commanded, her

rthur's eyes widened in the rearview

ll the dam

lling, Evangelina kicked her door open. She stepped out into the freezing, howling storm, the icy rain instantly soaking her trench coa

dered, staring

opened the door. In that brief flash of illumination, Chaya's eyes locked

ply into her palms that they nearly drew blood. But as the car merged back into traffic, she quickly masked

to the private, subterranean garage of t

n fully parked. She stood in the damp, echoing garage, the red

ng it open. "Ma'am, will you help me get the

a problem for his devoted nurse," she replied coldly, noddi

nd straining to support his massive weight. "I've got him, Arthur. I

doors of the estate. It was the marital home she had fled three years ago. She raised her hand, fully expecting t

ed through the portico, and

om the system the moment she boarded her flight to Europe. The fact that she still had access was an oversight she hadn't anticipate