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“Did you think I should?” He laughed at that “Who they were hardly mattered Only what Whores offend s to weaken a man offend me You offend me, lieutenant”

“Why the discs?” Where the hell was Feeney? Why wasn’t a roving unit breaking down her door right now? “Why did you send me the discs?”

“I liked watching you scramble around like a mouse after cheese—a woman who believed she could think like a man I pointed you at Roarke, but you let him talk you onto your back All too typical You disappointed me You were eirl you didn’t save But you got lucky Which is why you’re about to become very unlucky”

He sidestepped over to the dresser where he had a ca He switched it on “Take off your clothes”

“You can kill oing to rape me”

“You’ll do exactly what I want you to do They always do” He lowered the gun until it pointed at her midsection “With the others, it was a shot to the head first Instant death, probably painless Do you have any idea what sort of pain you’ll experience with a forty-five slug in your gut? You’ll be begging me to kill you”

His eyes lit brilliantly “Strip”

Eve’s hands fell to her sides She’d face the pain, but not the nightmare Neither of them saw the cat slink into the room

“Your choice, lieutenant,” Rocks

Eve sprang forward, head low, and used the force of her body to drive hiainst the wall

chapter twenty

Feeney stopped on his way back froer in his hand He loitered by the coffee dispenser, gossiping with a couple of cops on robbery detail They swapped stories, and Feeney decided he could use one ht

He nearly bypassed his office altogether, with visions of an evening in front of the TV screen and a nice cold beer swiht even be up for a little cuddle if he was lucky

But he was a creature of habit He breezed in to ht And heard Eve’s voice

“Hey, Dallas, what brings you—” He stopped, scanning his e too hard,” he ain