House of Blood by Bryan Smith

Author:Bryan Smith
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-05-21T23:27:57+00:00

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a gift. You should wear it proudly, the way a queen wears her crown.”

Alicia echoed his laughter. “Flaunt it, baby”

King appeared to miss her sarcastic tone. “Precisely. Let it set you apart, distinguish you from the masses. You should move through the world with arrogance, smirking at the ordinary people who can never know how it is to feel special… the way you are, Dream.”

Dream’s smile faltered. “Yeah. …”

What King said ran contrary to everything she believed. She disdained arrogance in people. Ditto crass displays of unchecked ego. King exuded those qualities in abundance. Everything about him, his clothes, his home, his attitude, bespoke a measure of wealth and success that was disquieting. Exceptionally attractive women, women like herself, were magnets for men like King. A lot of women allowed themselves to be seduced by money and material things. Dream couldn’t fault them. It was only human to seek security. But her experiences with successful men always left her cold. Wise in the ways of finance and business, none of them were versed enough in the nuances of the human heart to suit her. She needed a man who would prize her more for her worth as a person than her value as a trophy arm-piece. Somewhere along the way she’d decided the right man for her, whoever he turned out to be, probably wouldn’t be a slice of society’s upper crust.

Why, then, should she find herself so drawn to King?

But the answer was obvious, wasn’t it?

This was a time of great upheaval in her life. Life, in fact, had beaten her. Like a hooker left broken and bloody in a ravine. She had struggled so hard for so long,

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