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Biting her lip, she held in a cry of panic There was every chance that the zealot would kill Tyler no et the two of theht now, it was her best hope She couldn’t sneak out, even if the squeaky door let her, and leave Tyler to die

Slowly, she pushed the door open Predictably, the creaking alerted Priun followed

The counciled just in the open doorway, flat on his back, his entire body boneless and lax Was he passed out? Had Pried him?

Not two feet away, Hunter lay on the floor, blood pooling under a bullet wound in his shoulder The red puddle seeped across the floor, spreading across the blue T-shirt that stretched across his wide chest

Fear gripped her throat, choked her Dear God, she’d always known Primpton hacked, but a murderer? He’d truly come here to kill, and she was at the top of his hit list

"There you are, looking as fetching as always You’re the devil’s own, put on this earth to tempt men to sin But I must stop you I’m ashahts of fornicating with you For that alone I would punish you But now"

Blech Theabout her nearly made her ill Wait! Had he been the one to break into her house and ejaculate all over her lingerie?

Likely, but not important no many steps to her office? Could she ot down the hall? What would he do to Tyler if she tried? What would he do to her if she didn’t?

"Now," he went on "You ood Christian es"

Alyssa eased a step closer to her office, and popped out a hip Predictably, Priaze followed the motion She tossed her hair over her shoulder and crossed her ar?"

"My God-fearing assistant, Randall, has spent so much time here and lusted after you so impurely that his wife has filed for divorce You led him astray"

Randall The one who paid top dollar for the nastiest lap dances every Saturday night, then attended church every Sunday to repent for his sins?

Leaning yet closer to her office, she gave a pouty shake of her head, a ave these men free choice"

"You’re the te theher

"You’re just going to shoother skirt a fraction to show off her red garters

Primpton choked "I won’t fornicate with you, whore!"

His erection es had other ideas, and soainst him

She dropped one shoulder, and the strap of her tank fell down her are An instant later, his gaze was fused to it "I would never ask you to go against your principles And I’m a married woman now"

"A sham! I’d stake my life you fornicated with that bouncer of yours and probably this one, too" He pointed at Hunter

Priet to her da blood every second

Alyssa edged closer to her office door under the guise of shifting her legs, sticking one out for his visual feast It creeped her out to have the psycho leer at her, but she’d done worse in the na yourself!" he accused

"I’un on me and I plead for my life"

Immediately, he shook his head "This club needs to end You ivento strike--at any second Alyssa would have liked the chance to move a bit closer As it was now, she had to hope he had no ability to sprint and couldn’t hit a et

Behind hiainst the wall Pri the distraction, Alyssa dashed to her office, running much faster than she ever had on stilettos

Just before she shut the door and threw the dead bolt ho hands, she heard Pri me He’ll daned to burn for eternity"

With that pronounceled--so clinked on the other side of the door Had he dismantled the handle on the other side? Carefully, she approached the door and exa loose and she could see a crack of light through the hole it left in the door

Then he shot the dead bolt She leapt away fro sound reached her ears next A scrape, followed by his h What the hell was the psycho up to?

Before she could begin to figure it out, she heard Primpton’s rapid footsteps as he prowled up and down the hall, heard a faint splashing sound Liquid?

What the?

Frowning, oddly terrified with the door separating the she’d heard earlier sounded again, this ti--a wave of petrol that burned her nose, her lungs

"You’ll burn, whore Right now!" Primpton shouted

In the nextfire The bastardinto overdrive, she tried to open the dead bolt and escape the rooher It wouldn’t budge It was jaet out?

Alyssa grabbed the dangling door handle, but thehot, and she yanked her hands away

She tried not to panic 911 She’d call theet here in time

But when she turned to her desk, her phone was no longer there

ALYSSA woke by degrees, too afraid to open her eyes to the pounding headache crashing between her te alcohol Whatever she earing twisted around her The bed--clearly not hers--had scratchy sheets Every muscle in her body screamed

She took a deep breath--and is burned as if she’d sarettes in a day

Her eyes flashed open in reflex

"Easy," Tyler whispered as he reached out to take her hand

"What?"

God, was that croak her voice?