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Yeah, sure. Such a good girl.

“Uh huh,” she replied.

Rocking her gently in his arms, he smiled to himself at just how perfectly things had fallen into place. He knew she would finally accept his love. Wanting to show her how grateful he felt, he moved his hungry lips to the skin of her neck. This time, he would play the sweet lover her body so desperately needed.

Leaning her head, she savored the feeling of his capable mouth pressing against her throat. Dropping her half-eaten sandwich into the bag, she reached back with her right hand and ran her fingers through her captor’s shaggy hair. Unable to stifle a moan, she encouraged him to continue his wicked game with a sharp tug. It wasn’t fair that he had the ability to make her this weak. Why did he have such a power over her to make her forget all his wrongdoings?

Smiling against her smooth skin, Kade drifted his left hand to her breast. Gently toying with her firm tit, he felt a bolt of pride run through him as she arched lewdly under his touch. Hewas so pleased with her behavior, she deserved to be rewarded. Selfishly, he couldn’t wait to taste her again.

Continuing to press heated kisses down her neck, he was rudely torn from his torrid thoughts by the obnoxious sound of an airplane engine roaring to life. Yanking his lips away, his body perked into an alert position behind her.

“What the fuck is that?” he asked, his dark eyes darting around the room.

Not knowing what was happening at first, Lexi turned to look toward the sound radiating from the chest of drawers. Her mind screamed as she finally recognized the sound of Leo’s ringtone coming from her cellphone.

That’s impossible, you turned off the phone. Right? Oh SHIT! You didn’t turn off the damn phone! You’re FUCKED, now!

Realizing that she had made a critical mistake, she scooted away from Kade and looked at him with wide eyes. Unsure of what to do, she pulled her legs to her chest and squeezed her body into a protective stance. Frozen with fear, she watched helplessly as her captor stood from the bed and stormed to the dresser. She didn’t like the deadly look washing over his handsome face. It made her fear for her life.

Fuck. Fuck. FUCK.

Keeping his piercing gaze focused on the guilty looking woman, Kade opened the drawer of his dresser and grabbed the shoebox that he kept Lexi's treasures in. Knowing exactly where the sound was coming from, he tore the box open and grabbed the black linen pouch. Ripping the phone from its bag, he growled in anger as he saw Leo’s picture flash across the shattered screen.

Unable to stop himself from raging, he threw the ringing phone with all his might over Lexi’s head, effectively smashing the cell to bits as it slammed against the wall.

“What did you do, Alexandria!?” he demanded, barring his sharp teeth.“WHAT DID YOU FUCKING DO??”

CHAPTER EIGHT

Lexi stammered, unable to answer his heated question. Her captor reminded her of a caged animal as he paced back and forth in front of her, the look of pure rage gracing the masculine features of his face. She was completely unprepared for the deadly fight unfolding before her eyes. If she wanted to survive the day, she needed to diffuse the situation as quickly as possible.

Deny. Deny. Deny,her mind encouraged.Deny everything!

“I...I... I didn’t do anything!” she cried out impulsively, listening to her brain instead of her gut. “I didn’t even know my phone was in there! Iswear!”

No sooner than the words had left her mouth, she knew she had given the wrong answer by the way he stopped dead in his tracks. There was no reigning the beast in, now. It was over, she had just signed her own death warrant.

Kade growled, his face turning scarlet as his anger took hold of him. Alexandria had betrayed him and now shedaredto lie to him? It took all his strength not to reach for her and toss her around like a rag doll.

“DON’T YOU LIE TO ME! ANSWER ME, LEXI!” he screamed, balling his hands into fists at his sides.“WHAT...DID...YOU...DO?”

Swallowing hard, she tried in vain to calm her racing heart. With a pained whimper, she released the hold on her legs and submissively turned her gaze towards the mattress. There had to be a way to turn the situation around in her favor. She had to try, at least. What did she have to lose?

“I found my necklace, you know,” she countered, completely changing the direction of the argument. “You took mine just like you tooktheirs. You lied to me! You don’t love me.I’m just a toy to you! Something to play with and then destroy once you’ve had your fill! You want to kill me, just like you killed them...don’t you?”

Spurred on by her sudden accusation, Kade gave her a critical once over and allowed his dark fantasy to play in his mind’s eye. He could imagine his rough hands wrapping around her thin neck, squeezing into her flesh as she twitched and fought to be freed. He could see her sweet face turn crimson and then indigo as the light behind her emerald eyes slowly dimmed. He could feel the euphoria that coursed through his body every single time he stole a soul from Death, claiming it as his for all of eternity. It made his cock ache and his blood run molten just imagining it.

“And what if I do, Alexandria?” he asked, his voice suddenly eerily calm. “What if I do want to kill you and let you join the others?”

Blinking in bewilderment, she absorbed his heavy words. Her worst fear was slowly coming into fruition. She wasn’t expecting him to tell her the ugly truth. There was nothing special about her, she was just one of the many pathetic creatures ensnared inhis deadly trap. There was one huge difference between her and the others, though. She wasn’t about to go down without a fight.

“Good,” she spat, rising to her knees on the mattress to meet his eye level. “Because I want to kill you, too!”

Smiling wickedly at the defiant hellcat, Kade slowly nodded his head. He knew she would finally understand that she was his true match. Once she reclaimed her true self, they would be unstoppable together.

“Ahh, and that’s exactly why I can’t kill you, Sweetheart. Don’t you see? That darkness that’s inside you is like a Siren’s call to me. The first time I saw you, Iknewthat we shared the same twisted impulses. That we are both driven by the same savage instinct. Weneedeach other, my love. And now that I have you, I’mneverletting you go. You aremine.”

Narrowing her eyes, she attempted to mask her shock with a deep scowl. Did he really know about her past? She had worked very hard at wiping that chapter of her life from the world, there was no way he could know. Even if he did somehow, that Alexandria no longer existed. She was a changed woman, her impulse to kill no longer controlled her. He was wrong, they werenothingalike.

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