Darkest Seduction_The - Lords 11 (2012) by Gena Showalter

Author:Gena Showalter
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Paranormal, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373776573
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2012-02-28T08:00:00+00:00

REYES SAT IN THE SHADOWED corner of an Italian strip club thinking that one bar was the same as any other, no matter the country. He’d come to Rome to search for Pandora’s box, but he was having trouble concentrating and had succeeded only in pissing off his team, rather than helping them.

They’d finally told him to leave, to calm himself down before coming back to the ruins of the Unspoken Ones.

So here he sat, cutting his arm under the table so no one could see what he was doing. Possessed by the spirit of Pain, he needed to feel the sharp sting of agony on a daily basis. Nothing else soothed him.

Especially now, when all he could think about was Danika.

Where was she? Was she okay? Did she hate him or did she spend her nights dreaming of him as he dreamed of her?

Her image flashed through his mind. Blond, tiny, angelic. Sensual, courageous, passionate. Well, he imagined she would be passionate. He hadn’t even kissed her yet, much less touched her or stripped her.

But he wanted to. Gods, he wanted to.

He had to get her out of his mind—which was the reason he’d come here. But the four naked women on stage, beautiful as they were, did nothing for him. He wasn’t even hard. Couldn’t get hard anymore without thinking of Danika.

So badly he wanted to track her down, guard her…love her. He couldn’t. Despite his temporary restraints, Aeron would kill her one day soon, fulfilling the Titans’ command. And Reyes didn’t want to become involved with her, knowing he’d lose her. For there would be no stopping Aeron—to stop him, Reyes would have to kill him or condemn his friend to a lifetime of torment.

Unfortunately, Reyes was not that selfish. Aeron was his brother in all but blood. A warrior who had stood by Reyes’s side and at his back, slaying Hunters. They’d bled together. They’d saved each other. To forget that for a woman, a momentary pleasure…he bit the inside of his cheek.

The knife dug deep into his wrist, nicking a vein. He felt the warm rush of blood down his arm. The wound healed immediately, however, the tissues quickly weaving back together.

He sliced another groove, grimaced. Sighed in sweet relief.

“Lap dance?” one of the dancers asked him in Italian.

“No,” he replied, harsher than he’d intended. Another sigh escaped him, this one devoid of any hint of relief. He wasn’t doing himself any good, staying here. He wasn’t calming down, but was growing even moodier.

“Sure?” She cupped her lace-clad breasts. “I’ll make you feel good.”

Only once since being paired with the demon of Pain had he felt actual pleasure and that was while looking at Danika. The pain of that pleasure had been…addicting. Nothing else would do anymore, it seemed. “I’m sure. Leave me.”

The stripper flounced away in a huff.

He scrubbed a hand over his face. Surely there was something he could do to help Danika. The thought of her vibrant life being snuffed out was nearly too much for him to bear.

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