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“I have no animal side,” she said quietly.
“Bullshit. There’s an animal in you, just growling to get out.” He motioned to the wild land around them. “Wanna shift and run with me?”
Ice froze her blood. “You’re mistaken about me, Donovan.”Flawed. Broken.“There’s no animal inside for you to play with—sorry.” Then she slammed her door. Seconds later, she shoved the gear shift into reverse and spun out of his drive.
Some temptations had to be denied.
No matter how much pleasure they promised.
* * *
He was dreaming about her when the phone rang. A hot, sexy dream that had him aching. Erin wore two thin strips of black lace. Her eyes were shining. Her lips parted.
She wanted him.
His hands couldn’t touch her enough. Couldn’t enjoy the feel of that satiny skin enough and?—
And then the phone rang.
Jude reached for the phone near his bed, ready to give someone a serious ass-chewing. “What the hell do you?—”
“Jude.” Erin’s voice. Not breathy with desire like in his fading dream. Sharper, tinged with fear.
The lady had said she didn’t fear much.
Jude sat up in an instant and his fingers tightened around the phone. “What’s wrong?” A call in the middle of the night was never a good thing.
“I need you.”
Okay, she’d saidthatin his dream, but not quite the same way.
“408 St. Charles Avenue. Come as fast as you can, okay?”
Click.
For one second, two, he stared down at the phone.
Then he ran for the door.
Because Erin was afraid.
* * *
There weren’t any police cars in front of the old house on St. Charles. No swirling blue lights. Jude had expected to see them, or at least some sign of trouble.
The antebellum house sat quietly, time having ravaged the once beautiful frame. Azaleas did their part to hide the house, nestling it in perfumed security from curious eyes. But the beauty of the place had faded and only a whisper of glory remained.
A fixer-upper. There were plenty of old houses like it in the city.
But only one that had his Erin inside.
Jude’s gaze scanned the yard. His nostrils twitched. There was another scent in the air. Heavy. Drifting just under the azaleas and their sweet fragrance.
Blood.
He bounded up the steps and shoved open the door.
And slammed into Erin.
