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Chapter One
Amelia Patton clattered up the beige stairs of the apartment complex, the plastic dress bag hooked over one shoulder. It had been a long shift at the hospital, but the prospect of showing David her purchase had put a bounce back in her step. The gown was every little girlâ s fairytale dream - seed pearls, white lace, and yards and yards of satin skirt, with a train that would reach halfway down the church aisle. The lace veil alone had her inner eight-year-old sighing in bliss.
Clutching her precious dress with one hand, she juggled the keys until she found the right one and inserted it into the lock. The door swung open, revealing the living room that had made real strides in livability over the past two months. When sheâ d first moved in, Davidâ s furniture had consisted of a couch heâ d bought at Goodwill and a really tacky table made from a cable spool. The big screen television and entertainment center were worth more than all the rest of the furniture in the apartment. God love the man, he was too butch for taste.
Amelia had coaxed him into replacing the castoffs with a lovely cream living room set, colorful pastel sketches, and a pretty floor lamp with a stained glass shade. She made good money as a nurse, she argued. They could afford it.
â Honey, Iâ m home!â God, she loved saying that.
No answer. She frowned. It was well after midnight; David would be home from his shift with the Atlanta Police. Unless something had happenedâ ¦ A frisson of fear slid up her spine, but she forced it away. â Hey, Dave! I went by the mall on my dinner break and picked up that gown I told you about. Wait â til you see itâ ¦â
The bedsprings creaked from the next room. â Amelia.â His voice sounded hoarse.
â Hey, babe, you okay? Did you get into another fight?â That was how theyâ d met. David had come by the ER after a drug dealer resisted arrest with a little too much enthusiasm. Sheâ d been smearing antibiotic cream across those sculpted ribs when heâ d asked her to dinner. Amelia had looked into those crystalline blue eyes, and fallen helplessly in lust. She hadnâ t been able to say no to him since.
A year later, she still lusted for him - but sheâ d also come to know and love his wicked sense of humor, strong character, and clever mind.
â Come here.â David normally reserved that cold, demanding tone for the prisoners he brought to the hospital after theyâ d tried to bust his head. Heâ d never before used it with her.
â David, whatâ s wrong?â Worried, Amelia hurried into the bedroom, the dress slung over her shoulder.
Theyâ d bought the massive iron bedstead in an antique store when sheâ d moved in with him. David had teased her that its tall, ornate posts were perfect for bondage.
Sheâ d still never expected to find him naked and shackled spread-eagle to it like a beefcake buffet.
David was a big man, as dark as she was blonde, broad shouldered and narrow hipped. He spent a couple of hours in the department gym four days a week, building the layers of rippling muscle he considered an occupational necessity for a beat cop. Adding to the impression of overwhelming masculinity, a dark ruff of hair spread across his chest and arrowed down his cobblestone belly toward his thick cock.
His face was just as broad and angular as his tough body, with prominent cheekbones and a regal nose, straight and narrow. His mouth added the only note of sensual vulnerability about him with its full lower lip and lush upper curve. A hint of a dimple graced one corner, giving his smile a boyish charm.
â Yum,â Amelia purred, grinning at the sight of him spread out in chains. â For me?â
â What do you think?â His cock stirred hungrily, and he stared at her like a cat watching a caged canary.
She rocked back on the rubber heels of her shoes and grinned. â This is an interesting switch. Usually Iâ m the one tied to that bed.â
â Come here,â he said again. His blue eyes blazed with lust.
Smiling wickedly, Amelia paused just long enough to hang the dress in the closet. Then, reaching for the hem of her scrubs, she started toward him. But before she could reach his side, she realized something was wrong. He was far too pale, in the way sheâ d come to associate with massive blood loss, and his face was drawn. She let the hem drop. â David, are you okay?â
â I said come here!â he roared, peeling his lips back from his teeth in a savage snarl.
He had fangs.
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