Bloodlines And Obsession

, and Mandy was already two songs dee

lly bolder, the tips were weaker, and her

e walk

didn't look at women, he looked through them, li

n't just money, this was power, and when he took a seat in the private l

backstage, a wad of cash already in her hand, five t

" she asked, tuggi

t a cigarette and nodded

s catch

nger. He was already seated legs spread, jacket off,

she always did, a

im made her throat dr

smirk, just watched i

ding onto his lap like it was routin

ilence," he mur

deep, commanding, the kind of tone

"And what exactly d

t her then, ey

ryth

robe open wi

t didn't stop him.

voice low. "Yo

barely breat

y i

ant

s all h

ding up her thighs. Her breath caught when hi

he murmured. "I b

issed, grinding

dark and lo

, hard. He tasted like smoke and sin, and when h

her to the bed like she weighed not

s game, sweetheart," he sa

t scare

ll s

ils digging into his back. He wasn't slow, didn't speak, just to

me," he

yes were wild,

rder. "That's what happens w

ing around him. "I don'

, lips brush

on't n

he broke

ted around her legs. Her skin hummed, every inch of he

a cigarette, shirtless now, silent, hi

she asked, propping h

till forward. "Onl

"You're wel

a long drag, atw

d out, touched hi

r eyes. Cold steel flicker

dn't just blow each other

e. "I don't do

t s

ddenly more aware of how naked she

ng?" she joked, trying to shake off the w

, just long enough to say,

d you answer like a man

ed back to her

ared a

ashtray and stood. Started buttoning his

name, anywa

sed. "

name, no

that sound

cost more than her rent. The weight of what

pretend this never happened?

at her lon

n, and kissed her forehead,

p, Ma

that, he

icked shut

the girl who nodded at him. He moved fast, no hesitati

n stood guard

side," o

open

sat tied to a chair, blood smeared acr

whispered

, he rolled up his

cracking his knuckles. "About th

led. "I-I swe

rs from the table. "You had

shouted. "I don't kn

. "That's the thing," he said,

ring finger clean

hoed through

ied pliers on the table. "Tal

Okay! Kade took the shipment, he

htened. "That's

ed to h

ish

d out without