7 Nights With My Step Brother's Rival

ming in the hallway sent a jolt o

te's body and the cold bite of the steel a

with panic. "You have to hide me. If he see

chest inches from hers, watching the bedroom door with t

ter door grew louder,

amn door! I know she'

ad across his face. He reached up and toyed with a st

ybe I should let him in. We can all hav

against her ribs so hard it hurt. "The deal. You

urrender is trusting that I won't le

ing on a shirt. He just tightened the silk belt

e cuffs, the metal clicking

slippery water beneath h

shoulder. It wasn't a suggestion. It

out into the main living area. Sienna held her breath,

nte's voice boomed from the other room. It was smooth, danger

ng she was working for you. I'm not stupid, Dante. I know how you lo

talker than a fighter. He was blustering

a could almost hear the shrug in his

ild could spot the fraud. She's in the

'm sure the DA would love to hear

ian was a coward at heart. Mentioning th

ian muttered, though the f

bang on my door one more time, I won't call the police.

n, Julian. I own your car, your hous

l. He was a predator who had been circling her family

d for this moment; h

heard the heavy thud of

turned, heavie

k triumphant. He looked bored, as if dealing with

t her. Sienna was still trapped, her arms beginnin

ne," Dan

e whispered, he

o his robe pocket and pulled out a s

unfolded the paper. It was the contract she had signed earlier, but the

the office," he said. "The t

it, Dante. What

r, the scent of him filling her senses again. He held th

on the elegant, sharp handwritin

, that's me shall not wear any clothing unless sp

sults in an additional nig

You can't be serious. I have to

't want you hiding. I want you exposed. I want you to re

per lower. "Rea

all physical needs of the Master, including but not limited to meals, grooming, and.

ng her earlobe, "you are my shadow. If I'm in the s

the night wanting to feel you sc

elief was instant, but as Sienna rubbed her sore wrists, sh

scent of the city off you. There's a robe in there. Use

jelly, and bolted for the ensuite bathroom. It was a palace of marbl

r. Her hair was a mess, her eyes were wide and

ed marks from the cuffs were already fading, but th

the room. She scrubbed her skin until it was pink

the way he looked at her, not like a businessman, but l

black silk, far too big for her, and it sme

ere even lower. Dante was sitting in a leather armc

the room, his gaze

ere," h

r, stopping a

ose

. He reached out and pulled her between his

haking,"

like this, Dante. I'm not.

ho has spent her life being protected by a fa

can sacrifice herself and wal

step back. He was so much larger th

time I'm done with you, you won't even remember Julian'

ble and quick. Before she could protest, the silk fe

tie from the dresser, a deep, blood red. "I want to see how much

time, he didn't use the cuffs. He sat her

e, so raw, that Sienna felt

me," he c

ight, he looked like a fallen angel.

e for the next seven nights and make this a

he night of your twenty-first birthday gala,

iding from a boring suitor, and she had seen Dante standing by th

, and she had felt a pull so strong i

he lied, her

ia

g to make you admit it. Before the sun comes up, you're

agonizing precision that made her head light. Every tou

st as Sienna was about to lose herself in the sensat

on the nightstand. It was a secure l

it. He swiped the screen, his face turning

snapped int

ice until his knuckles turned white. He looked at Sienna

e perimeter is locked down. Don't let him leave the ci

on in the room evaporating instantly,

sked, pulling the robe

eady crossing the room, throwin

ave this room. Don't answer the door. If you step foot outside t

Tell me what

er. For the first time, she saw a crack i

out of prison," he said. "And he's head

was gone, the heavy bedroom door clic

vering in the dark. She was a prisoner in a gold