Embrace the Twilight by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2003-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Sarafina rose at dusk and went to the room situated just below her captive’s. In it were the controls. A hydraulic winch that could reel in the chains, a video monitor so she could keep an eye on him. There was a hidden button beneath the bed, as well, that could retract or extend the chains.

It wasn’t as if she hadn’t had captives before. She’d been prepared to have troublesome servants. But this was the first time she had ever had to use the safety features she had devised in case she ever got her hands on Stiles and his fellow DPI renegades.

Always before, her chosen servants were hers to command after the first taste of her blood. Addicted to her, craving her, loving her—not because of any real feeling, but because her life force lived within them.

But Will was different. She’d known it from the beginning. But she had never believed him to be an evil-doer, undeserving of life—at least, not until the girl, Amber, had told her the truth about him.

He had deceived her. Played a game with her mind. Endeared himself to her by getting inside her heart and soul before ever approaching her. Worse yet, he’d made her love him. But he’d only been using her all along, working for those animals who wanted to see every vampire destroyed.

She should have killed him outright. But she couldn’t. Something about him just wouldn’t let her. Perhaps he’d used his skills at mind manipulation to make her feel this odd softness toward him, even now that she knew the truth. That must be it. He was playing with her mind. She hated the weakness inside her that allowed it.

He was wandering now, naked, around the room. Still looking for some means of escape. She watched him for a time, enjoying the ripple of muscle in his thighs, even though he limped when he walked. His flanks, too, were toned and firm. Hard. He was a beautiful man despite the many scars that marked him, a strong man. His chest and belly were powerfully made. And his shoulders…

Tearing her eyes away from the monitor, she hit the button on the winch. It growled to life and began to turn at a steady pace. Glancing back at the monitor, she saw Willem stumble, tug against the chains as they pulled him toward the bed. They grew shorter, pulling him nearer, and he soon realized fighting them would be useless. He hit the bed facedown but rolled onto his back to prevent his shoulders from being torn from their sockets as the chains drew his arms to the bedposts. And then he lay there, fury coloring his face, his eyes blazing.

He wanted to kill her, she knew it.

Sighing, she left the control room, locking its door behind her.

Misty and Edward stood in the hallway, submissive and silent, awaiting her command.

“How has our guest been today?” She asked the question of Misty, who alone had been commanded to see to Willem’s needs. Somehow, Sarafina sensed he would be less inclined to kill a woman.

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