Into Temptation (A More Than Men Novella) by Sinclair Kira

Author:Sinclair, Kira [Sinclair, Kira]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Kira Sinclair
Published: 2013-04-03T21:00:00+00:00

“I can give you what you want.”

Evie caught the reflection of the man — angel — in the mirror in front of her. He lounged in the doorway, arms crossed over his wide chest, and watched her.

They’d spent the last several days together. She wasn’t sure, but she thought Brone recognized just how much she’d needed the distraction of him and the connection they’d found in her bed.

She’d woken this morning, her body curled tight around his, but instead of the buzz of remembered pleasure, dread had poured into her.

Her days were spent trying a case that was rapidly slipping through her fingers. Desperation clung to her skin with a relentless stink. Maybe if she hadn’t been constantly distracted by the thought of her daughter caught in Monroe’s clutches, she could have come up with a strategy that would win the case. But she didn’t think so.

Her arguments were slowly unraveling, being picked apart by an army of high-priced lawyers. She was losing the jury. Most of them refused to even look her in the eye.

The case would be over in a few days. Megan would return from her dad’s. Evie was going to buckle beneath the unrelenting pressure of indecision. What was she going to do? How was she going to protect her daughter?

At first she’d thought he meant himself — she did want him, always — but a quick glance at him in the mirror revealed that his eyes didn’t blaze with the heat that had become so familiar to her. He was solemn and serious, staring at a spot somewhere over her shoulder.

“What are you talking about?”

Without shifting a muscle, he said, “I have the power to protect Megan,” as if he was suggesting she pick up some milk on the way home instead of dangling the answer to her problem in front of her face.

Her hand fisted around the eyeliner she still held. She was dressing for battle. Her best suit and power heels. Perfect makeup and hair.

Deliberately settling the pencil back onto the sink, she tried to catch Brone’s eye in the mirror, but he wouldn’t look at her.

“What do you mean you have the power to protect her? How?”

“Well, that’s not precisely true. You have the power to protect her. With my help. I can get an…agreement. A guarantee for Monroe’s conviction. You wouldn’t just be protecting your own daughter, but other children.”

Evie swallowed hard. “I never told you who was threatening my daughter.”

His mouth twisted into a wry grimace, but he didn’t answer.

She played his words back through her mind. Lawyers were good with words. She could equivocate and split hairs with the best of them. She recognized half-truths when she heard them.

Brone wasn’t offering to protect her daughter because they were lovers and he felt something for her. He wanted something in return.

And considering her suspicions that he wasn’t fighting on the side of good and light…

She barely thought. There really wasn’t a decision to make. If Brone knew of a way to protect Megan, then she’d take it, no matter the cost.

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