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They both turned to me as I spoke, Tiffany’s eyes warm and grateful, while only horror resonated in the outsider’s gaze.
“Do you know this woman?” I asked, turning my attention to Tiffany.
“She was one of the police officers who handled my case when…” Tiffany’s words dried up, but her sheepish expression conveyed the end of her sentence. The intruder was in the police service and had worked on the case against me.
“So, you’re a cop?” My focus drilled into the woman who’d dared to break into my house. I knew the police were corrupt, but since when did they break and enter? The very least this bitch needed was a warrant and a damn good explanation, and frankly, even that might not be enough to placate me.
“That’s right.” She blew out a breath as if the confession had somehow saved her. “I’m with the police, and—”
“No.” Glaring at her, my jaw tensed as I ended whatever pointless defense she was about to attempt.
“No, what?” she countered, no doubt trying to recall her training as she assessed the size of me in front of her only usable exit. She’d already squeezed herself through one window, but she wouldn’t be fleeing Barrington House in the same way. Based on the fury swimming in my system, she might not be fleeing at all.
“You might be a cop, but I don’t think you’rewiththe police at all.” It was the only answer that made sense. Why would the police still be hunting me? They had nothing on me whatsoever.
“Master?” Confusion glimmered in the little girl’s eyes. “What do you mean?”
“Master?” The cop balked. “After what he did to you, how can you call him thatby choice?”
“I have another question.” I’d heard just about enough of this shit. “Why the fuck are you in my house?”
“You didn’t let her in, Master?” Tiffany asked.
“No.” Beckoning my lover forward with one hand, I snaked my arm around her as she raced to meet me. “Whoever she is, she broke into the house via a bathroom window. I just watched her acrobatic performance on the C.C.T.V.”
“What?” Tiffany’s tone dripped with disdain. “You broke the law to gain entry?”
“I had no choice,” the cop argued. “I had reason to believe that you were hurt.”
“If that was true, you’d have a warrant.” Tiffany’s tone hardened, reminding me of the woman I’d seen in action in court. It was an unexpectedly alluring aspect of my little girl. “And you’d have arrived with police support.”
“Yes, well…” the stranger glanced down at her feet.
“So, do you?” I prompted, kissing Tiffany’s forehead before I stepped toward the cop. “Do you have a warrant?”
“She doesn’t have one, Master.” Tiffany sighed behind me. “Whatever she’s doing here is off the record.”
“Which brings me back to my original question,” I growled. “Why are you here?”
“I told you!” she snapped, one of her hands reaching for her pocket. Acting on instinct, I grasped her wrist, stopping whatever she was about to do. “Get off me!” she cried, clawing at my hand with her free palm.
“Tiffany.” I motioned for my lover to join me while the cop tried in vain to wrestle my hand away. “Would you mind reaching into her pocket and finding out what she’s about to pull on me?”
“Certainly, Master.” Moving behind the cop, Tiffany obeyed, pulling out a phone and a yellow weapon from her pocket. “What’s this? A taser?”
“It seems so.” I winked at my gorgeous girl, gesturing for her to move away. The cop was still an unknown quantity, and clearly, she’d come armed. I didn’t want Tiffany too close to her. “Switch off the phone and give it to me, please.”
Holding the stranger in place, I waited as Tiffany obeyed. Passing me the device, I surveyed it briefly before tucking it into my back pocket next to my gun.
“You have no right!” she complained.
“Neither do you,” I reminded her. “Now, why would you need a weapon before you broke into my house, Officer?”
“It’s Detective Sergeant,” the cop grumbled as I manhandled both of her wrists behind her back.
“Oh, a detective?” My tone was wry. “Well, it’s an honor to be so violated by someone of your rank.”
“Fuck you,” she spat, still trying to grapple me away, but she was about to find out what countless others had already discovered—there was no getting away from Kade Walker once he had you in his sights. “It’s Detective Sergeant Lucas and you have no right to treat me this way.”
