Perfectly Toxic by Kristine Mason

Author:Kristine Mason [Mason, Kristine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

The House of Archer, Bower, Georgia

Sunday, 6:28 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time

ADELINE FORKED A slice of roast beef, then dragged it through the lake of mashed potatoes and gravy on her plate. “How are our subjects?” she asked, breaking the silence that had hung between them since Rodney had taken her against the wall.

Rodney sipped his whiskey. “I’m concerned about Jim. His heart rate has been irregular throughout the day.”

“Too fast? Too slow?”

“Fast. Constantly.”

She dropped her fork, the clang against the ceramic plate forcing Rodney to finally look at her. “Now that I have your attention, do you mind telling me why you’re not sharing information with me about our subjects?”

“I just did.”

“Then tell me about the other subject.”

He drained his glass, then slammed it on the table. “No.”

She didn’t bother to hide a smile. “No?” Pushing her plate away, she tossed her napkin on the table and stood. “Then I’ll find out myself.”

“Don’t,” he warned.

“Because you’ll be forced to beat me?”

Rod looked away. “I…I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have treated you the way I did.”

Oh, but she’d wanted him to rough her up and show the backbone she knew he carried. He was her equal in everything, except he had a conscience. She lifted her plate, then smashed it against the edge of the table. The beef, gravy and potatoes erupted, splashing on the ceiling, the front of her clothes and Rodney’s shirt. “You’re so full of it,” she said, dropping what was left of the plate.

Rodney’s eyes darkened as he stared at her with loathing and hunger so acute, if she were anyone else but her, she might be frightened. Instead, he aroused her. Fascinated by the way she’d been able to manipulate him, she decided to push him further, harder.

“You have no right to ban me from our testing. Without me, you wouldn’t have the opportunity to even see if your drug would actually work.”

His chair fell back as he stood. Remnants of her dinner stained the front of his shirt and face. “You’re right,” he said, his calm tone belying the fierce storm brewing in his eyes, as he scraped his napkin across his chin. “We’re colleagues, scientists, and A-Line is your drug. But we’ll visit him together.”

“Now?”

“Why wait?”

She was beginning to think Rod was fucking with her. But her need to see the sexy subject outweighed common sense. Rodney had a jealous streak she hadn’t anticipated, which only stirred her excitement. Maybe, finally, he’d shove his stupid morals aside. If he did, when he did, life would actually mean something. Instead of dying a slow, torturous death as a prisoner in the House of Archer, they could leave this place. God, how she longed to rid herself of this decrepit home. The plantation house was suffocating and there had been days when she’d thought it would swallow her whole. Rodney had been the only reason she hadn’t run away. Her need for him had kept her shackled here. Soon enough, without even realizing it, he would break her free.

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