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Todd nodded cautiously Holly Stor around the scene of the second kill The captain sent out a gag order" A daot some info from one of the uniforms"

"It would’ve been on the five o’clock news if she had" He’d seen her at the scene, too, skulking around in typical reporter fashion

But Holly hadn’t broadcast any hard-hitting stories yet--because no one on the force had given her so much as a five-second sound bite--and the public wasn’t even aware that there was a cri on

The scene didn’t feel like a copy

"Someone has to know" Colin pointed to the bed "So dauys?" The tech’s voice, breaking with exciteuy lifted up a knife, blade still bloody, gingerly holding it by the hilt "I think we’ve got the weapon"

Well, damn Now that was sure as hell not like the other scenes

But then, neither was the bloody body

Either they were dealing with a whole different killer--one who liked the bondage games just as much as the last woman, only she liked for her prey to bleed--or their case had just gotten a very, very big break

"Let’s get it to forensics" They needed to scan that baby for prints, ASAP The odds that there would be a match in the system were slim, even if the perp hadn’t wiped the hilt clean

Still it was a solid lead, so that they could run with on the hunt The fire of the chase began to heat Todd’s blood

It was dawn before Todd made it back to his place He stripped, then all but fell into the bed

He caught her scent then A light, lavender fragrance hanging in the air, mixed with the wilder scent of woht there with him

As he closed his eyes, he whispered her naain

Or if he’d slip back into the past and dreahtmare that he couldn’t escape fro fury of crunching bones and savage pain

He wanted Cara, not that shifting demon from hell The demon who had his partner’s eyes

She opened her eyes and found herself in his bedroom once ht away

Light filled the room Chased away the shadows and clearly showed the man on the bed He was naked She could see the muscled expanse of his chest The faint marks near his shoulder, the white line too close to his heart, and the jagged iht covering of dark hair arrowed down to his groin--right down to the heavily aroused flesh of his cock

The guy emanated so much sexual tension it was a draw she could all but taste in the room

But she still shouldn’t have been in his dream Cara frowned even as she stepped forward almost helplessly She hadn’t entered his dreaotten into bed, she’d closed her eyes and let exhaustion claim her

She should have slept in blessed darkness

Not been sent to hi on? It was like she had no control over herself or her pohen she thought of him

"Come closer, Cara," he whispered, and her eyes lifted in surprise to find his hungry stare on her

Shouldn’t have happened Even in the dream state, she should have needed to command his eyes open

Cara hesitated, confused But the time before, he’d been awake and aware--just as he was now She just hadn’t truly realized the significance of that act--until now

The man had too much power for a hu out of the drea her lips and inching toward the bed

His gaze dropped and raked over her His stare was so hot her flesh see too own, like before No underwear She lifted her hands, caught the silk, and pulled it over her head

Todd sed

She tossed the gown onto the floor "Now I’ to life just a few years back, screamed at her that this was a mistake She shouldn’t be in histo enjoy a sensual gaer to taste him, his lips, his body, his very soul

But the other part of her, the wild, dark deerness So th and power

Cara wanted him

And she would have him

If only in her dreams

His dreams

She eased onto the bed, then crawled up the er lifted and trailed a path down the center of his chest Her gaze darted over the faint scars and, for a h her

Humans could be hurt so easily

"God, this feels so real," he muttered "I can s his hands in her hair and dragging her up for a hard, deep kiss A kiss that et about the scars and know only raw need "And I can daainst her lips Then he kissed her again Harder The thrust of his tongue clai hiht his shoulders Broad Powerful She pushed up, levering her body so that he lay beneath her while she straddled his hips "Tell ic seeht her hips and closed his fingers over her flesh The heavy weight of his hands forced her th of his cock "You knohat I want"

"Tell me," she said, her voice husky "I need the words" She craved them It made the dream more real

"I want to taste your breasts Lick your nipples"

Her breasts ached with need Too sensitive She arched toward hie

His back rose frorily around her left nipple Sucked hard Licked

Bit A light, sweet bite

Cara shuddered and rubbed her sex over his cock The slick creath The wet heat made it so easy for her sex to slide over his erection

And it would be so easy to take him inside

Hisand sucking and the rough rasp of his tongue felt so good She pressed her breast closer to hi froasped Her sex throbbed with need Her entire body seeer

It had been too long since she’d fed from a man’s release--and known the fierce pleasure of her own "What else…do you want?"