The Lawless Biker Alpha and the Audacious Lawyer

est like a second heartbeat, a

s digging into my wrist as she dragged me past Eclipse's velvet rope

I liked i

as thick with expensive perfume, desperation, and something darker that made my skin prickle with unease. Politicians' wives sno

Morrison files," I muttered

rrow. Tonight, you're going to reme

e racing, palms sweating, every nerve ending ali

ped to something reverent.

gaze and forgot

e of a king, all sharp angles and dangerous curves. His hair fell in midnight waves past his shoulders, and even

cover it. This ma

reathed. "President

iles, heard it whispered in courthouse hallways. Criminal.

melting like I wa

but my voice came out bre

fia's elbow found m

rfect in that artificial way money could buy-sculpted features, enhanced curves, practiced seduction. Whe

ell is wron

a movement-and she straddle

eath

at had nothing to do with the music. Slow. Deliberate. Obscene. The jumpsuit should have hidden the evid

. Should grab Sofi

hat wasn't quite human. A growl that vibrated through the air and st

ered, unable to

d. One in particular-a blonde in white Chanel who screamed old money-looked ready to commit mur

like she was performing. Maybe she was. The heat between them felt real enough to burn,

murmured. "Senator's daughter. Sh

er she wanted. Her rage was written in every rigid line of her body a

in her hair, controlling the angle, the depth, and I found myself wondering what those scar

ght horr

he belief that power made right. He treated women like entertainment, command

ance. The way every person in that VIP sect

hardened ag

emed to come from very fa

sticking to the back of my neck with sweat that had nothing to do with the crowd. When

the

h predatory grace, her white dress stark against the dark leather. She moved like she o

he brunette climbed off his lap with obvious reluctance. Victoria mo

ight, pr

The authority in those three words hit me like a physical blow, and I felt my bo

happeni

cked. "You can't be serious. You

Kane's grip tightened, and

hock, humiliation, and finally, cold rage. She leaned down to whisper someth

Victoria? Daddy

apped her, color high on her

t

ng to follow. The brunette had already disappeared, and Kane was alone again

s mouth as he brought the glass to his lips. Full, sensual

just destroyed Senator Ashford'

ell half this city to a petulant child with a few words. It sh

d, I w

commanded respect through sheer presence alone. My pulse was racing, my skin hypersensitive,

everything he represented. To eve

d, my voice hoarser th

t we just

mpossible it was to get these passes? I had to sleep with Marcus from the mayor's o

n't c

ightened desperately. "I promise we can go af

had been working herself to death lately, and wh

gment, I glanced back

watch

d those hazel-gold eyes cutting across the crowded space to meet mine. For a heartbeat that lasted eternity, I felt

ng. Like he could smell my

actly what he w

re dangerous. I spun toward the exit, desperate to e

d. "One drink.

a physical touch. And despite every principle I'd ever held, despite my mother's mem

pen if I walked back to that dark corne

ght terr

arting to think