Forbidden (Blood Ties #7)

I moved before I knew it, leaving the needle behind to return to her. The strap of her dress was pulled down, the tops of her creamy breasts exposed. I stared at them before forcing myself to look away.

Memories slammed into me.

Breasts.

Mouths.

The Daughters’ bodies on full display.

Revulsion filled me, but still I turned back to her, to that raised pink line that cut across the soft white flesh. She was…imperfectand nothing like the women I’d tortured. But she could be, couldn’t she? She could very well be. An eerie feeling came to life as I stared at her. She was familiar, like somehow I’d seen her before. But I couldn’t have, because Ineverforgot a face.

My breaths deepened as my focus fixed on that jagged line. One that reached all the way down to…

I leaned over and tugged the dress down until her breast spilled out. Her dusky pink nipple was smooth. So damn enticing. Without thinking, I reached out, grazing my thumb across the satin flesh. Her body reacted, tightening under my touch. I flicked my gaze to her closed eyes.

There was no twitch behind her lids and no change in her breaths. She was still under, still…

I shifted my focus to that tiny pebbled thing and leaned over. Helene Montgomery was out cold and vulnerable. So I could do anything I wanted. But it wasn’t her nipple I licked. It was that tight, raised pink line. The one that excited me for some sinister reason.

She was ruined anyway, wasn’t she? I closed my eyes as my tongue hit her skin; the tip tracing the line that dipped into the valley between her breasts before I pulled backwards and licked her nipple. So what was a little more destruction?

Soft.

Warm.

Unconscious.

Not screaming or wailing or fighting me every inch of the way. This one was all…mine.Mine to do anything I wanted. My own privateplaything.A surge of excitement slowly rose.

I gripped her breast and clenched, driving that warmth deeper into my mouth. My tongue circled, teeth grazed hard. I sucked and licked, incensed with this sick depravity when her peak grew tight. Warmth flooded me. My body tightened and my cock grew hard, stiffening until I jerked my head away.

I wrenched my hand away and stumbled backwards, wiping my mouth as though she was poison.

I swallowed hard and stared at her.

Poison…I liked.

What the fuck was I doing?My mind raced as it all hit home. A woman I’d abducted and now drugged was in my living room, leaving behind who knew how many bystanders who’d watched it all. Not to mention I didn’t know who the fuck was missing her.

I raked my fingers through my hair. All I’d need would be one fucking text from Hale and my world would come crashing down.

If he was alive.

No. I shook my head. Notif.

Hewas.

Iknew it…and so did that sonofabitch, London St. James.

It was the only reason we were still alive. If he’d believed otherwise, St. James would’ve put a bullet in my brother’s head and mine in that goddamn warehouse.

A warehouse I’d gone to just to save my brother. A shiver ripped through me. A trip where I’d almost met my fate…and left my sister’s in the hands of a fucking monster. If I died, ifanyof us died, it’d be all for nothing.

Beep.

I wrenched my gaze to the phone on the counter, then moved. My heart was pounding as I snatched it and looked at the screen.

Kane: He’s awake. We need you at the rectory in 30 minutes.