was odd unless it was nearly closing t

, what t

pushing Rain forward as her client s

is sleeves, as if he didn't care that she'd just run up to a biker to rat him out for- well, she wasn't

you acting like this? Did he try something with you? Did he hurt you?" Rain asked

nquility that she had no idea how she'd

d under her breath. "He ca

Stealing? Kathryn, I told you to show him a g

ack there to do anyt

worried her. And then he said something that made her heart stop and a cold dread slither down her spine. "That'

ing like she might vo

axed all over Daniel Ford's hand and th

ier, and she'd been right. Daniel Ford wa

k, and now she'd endangered the me

began, her v

usual good charm gone in

ng for just a moment before it disappeared behind an expressionless

as do

.

face as Daniel Ford stepped up to the bar, knowing that all of his meticul

is reputation in the last decade on pain, torture, murder, and shady b

iduals he dealt with on a daily basis, even if some of the women he

avored the small choked noise that spilled from her

f the Devil's Guardians that were lurking throughout the club, shooing awa

ary of the larger predator that had wandered into their midst, but he coul

what he wanted.

or his assistance in wiping out a rival gang several months back; they wouldn't

It was why he'd ensured this club owed him before he put ever

ook away from Kathryn and all that she represented. He was so close to moving i

n Chan

trands fit in nicely with the tattoos he'd seen scattered across her luscious body, her face too was a

ave her change

e he had on her, which made him despise her more than he had before mee

eyebrows that let him know that even though she'd been parading herself around a

tter by the time he

what she craved sexually, Daniel could already feel the lines around his plan b

e supposed there was a bit of torment to be had by making her reliant on him sexually,

hed at his side

's what h

facade of indifference. He had hoped, based on what he'd learned of her and from their prior interacti

he morphed into a frail woman befor

his usual carefree smile dropping into a frown as K

n't have shown you such disrespect if

t were still seated around the strip club even began to stand

did