Possession and Obsession

with the taste of

she wasn't trapped in a killer's house, that she ha

e looke

ha

er skin, dark and crac

g. Hard enough to turn her skin raw. But the blood wouldn't leave. It se

, her reflection staring back

supposed

sed to be trappe

he door made

's deep, impossibly

omach

ayed f

uder this time.

, with something dark curling at the e

ing room feeling like a

isp black shirt, sleeves rolled up, revealing stro

by the s

never happened. Like the dead

ed him

it

egs l

id-air, and slowly, his

e quiet but threaded wit

e

rich, too much, yet she fe

like he hadn't murde

," he noted, cutti

felt dry. "I don'

. "Strang

st

The screams. She could still see the way their bodies h

ple last night,

is mouth with a

he forced the words out. "You s

had bored him. He set down his f

hly. "In my world, there are three types of people. Kille

into fists. "You th

aned back, knife still in his grip, twirling it b

ogy?" His voice was

o her palms. "Do

tilted his head. "A

owed hard

ut there was no humor

N

rembled und

" he continued lazily. "Haven't you

hesi

it. Of cou

"What's the matter, princess? Have

t. "My father kept

w lifted. "Ke

be pure. Clean. That I had no use in the dirt. Th

, Dominic didn't h

r, something dangerous

sat back, his exp

nt, just to trade you

aid n

ing his whiskey. "So

rawled up

ering," he murmured, voice thick w

but it didn't reach h

d no a

icked up

Dominic led her t

r," he said, voice casual

her arms. "O

ithout breaking eye contact, he pulled

asped. "Wha

e broken pieces onto the coffee table. "If so

step toward him.

had time to react. One second,

as against

wrapped aroun

g. Not yet.

inst her ear. "You belo

ard. Fear licke

ip tightened slightly, not enough to choke, but enough to steal her air fo

s wrist, but she refu

gainst her cheek,

ed, "and I'll make sure yo

od turn

hate

e was

as no w

she tried

iet, until Dominic disappeared in

or the fr

t ten steps before thr

p echoed b

nd there he

ossed.

able," h

ared at him.

ed. "Darling,

e grabbed her wrist and

er she stopped struggling,

f glass. The

, stepping toward th

inic sat alone, a bottle

other-a p

ould see it. A woman. Dark

the photo were ol

t, his mask slippin

ked-ha

something stran

nsing her, Dominic

d mask

re you

ated. "Wh

He stood, stepping

bed, Mo

idn't

turned sha

me, she

uldn't shake the feeling that Dominic's de

scarie

e if they'd co