Big Bad Wolf by Suleikha Snyder

Author:Suleikha Snyder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2020-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

He should’ve guessed the mystery man, the virile vampire, wouldn’t just leave it at a drink and a business card. Then again, Nate had a lot on his mind. A client still AWOL. Cops and the DA breathing down his neck. Other cases piling up like mid-December snow—he’d finally had to farm several out to hungry associates. It was perfectly reasonable to be thrown for a loop to discover Finian Conlan waiting outside when he got home after a strategy session with D.

“Y-you,” he sputtered, the keys to the converted firehouse slipping from his suddenly nerveless grasp.

Conlan grabbed them before they could hit the pavement, mischief bright in the blue of his eyes. “Me,” he confirmed. “I could’ve let myself in, but I thought that might be rude.”

“Rude, illegal. Potay-to, potah-to.” Nate recovered his composure quickly—and his keys, too. He snatched them back and fit the right ones in the regular lock and the dead bolt. “Thank you for showing restraint.”

“I’m bad at restraint,” Conlan admitted with entirely too much cheer, slipping inside before he could be invited. “Though I do enjoy being tied up. Bound. Cuffed. I’m terribly good at that, or so I’ve been told.”

The modicum of gravitas Nate had achieved vanished in a puff of smoke, replaced by the extremely vivid image of this man spread-eagled on a bed. Dark hair, dark beard, acres of sun-starved Irish vampire skin. Fuck. He shook his head, forcing himself to think of the unsexiest things possible. The law-school debt he’d only paid off a few years ago. The 6 train during rush hour. The Jersey Turnpike. The night of the shooting…when he could’ve lost his best friend in the world. He stashed his coat in the hall closet, and by the time he joined his unwelcome guest in the open-plan living area, Nate felt marginally more in control. He crossed to the antique beverage cart that held a selection of his favorite liquors, splashing a healthy amount of gin into a tumbler. “Why are you here, Mr. Conlan? What do you want?”

A dismissive noise tore from the other man’s throat. He stopped prowling across the hardwood and laid claim to the leather sofa, sprawling on it like an indolent king. “Oh, please,” he said with a huff. “It’s likely that we’re going to fuck tonight, or at some point in the near future, so there’s no need to be formal. Do call me Finn.”

Wow. A cosmetics company could make a fortune bottling his confidence and selling it by the ounce. Nate was too impressed to be unsettled—and definitely turned on. “Are you always this cocky?”

“Mm-hmm. I’m terribly good at that, too.” Finn waggled his eyebrows and tilted his head like he knew it was his best angle—though if he had a bad angle, Nate hadn’t found it yet. “But to return to your first question…I’m here because our timetable has seen some changes. Making contact with Neha Ahluwalia is of the utmost importance. Her life could depend on it.”

As if he hadn’t been worried enough about Neha before.

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