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“Here” He deposited the rubbish bag and its contents on a steel table The horrific nature of his task should have eroded the allure of sex he wore like second skin—if you liked your sex kissed by blood and pain It didn’t He remained sophisticated and sexy and very much a creature she did not want in her bedrooht

His lips, the lower one just full enough to tempt a wohts “Do you need help to peel off the skin?”

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“No” Her reaction upstairs had been incited by shock at his callousness—she didn’t have a problerisly find on her own “I’ll take the best photographs I can, given the condition of the victim, and I’ll mostly work off them But I want to use the microscope on the tattoo itself, too, make sure I don’t miss any fine details”

More at ease now, she slid out the sliital ca “A pathologist should exa the skin” She clicked on the ca around the tattoo parlors?” If they lucked out, sheon a glove to replace the one he’d re and stretched the skin tight over the hresolution shots froles “That should do for now” As he put the head down onto a tray and got rid of the trash bag, she set up her laptop and transferred the photos onto the hard drive

Her body alert to his every s the head in the freezer, stripping off his gloves, and cleaning his hands So when he appeared beside her chair without warning, the e, so vicious, parts of her mind just shut down And when he lifted her hair off her neck to touch the sensitive skin of her nape, she—

Noise A shatteringshe knew, she was standing several feet fro on its side between them A line of blood marked his cheek, but his eyes were focused on the door at her back “Out!”

Only when the door shut did she realize that someone had attempted to intervene Sweat dampened her palms, beaded on her spine Reone, a black spot drenched in the panic that was a vile taste on her tongue “I hit you”

Raising his hand, he rubbed a finger on his cheek, ca about me seems to make women want to use knives”

Oh, God She looked down, realized she was gripping a blade in her hand, the tip wet “I don’t suppose you’ll accept an apology” It ca his hands into his pockets, Dht now, I need what you can give me on this”

“I want to consult so her brain into gear, though her hand refused to release the knife she’d apparently pulled froh

“Fine But remember, little rabbit, not a word to anyone” He ainst her in a quiet threat that ry”