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concerned about you that he didn’t come with you.”
    Andrea suddenly realized the mistake she’d made by coming here. This vampire thought her master was weak and foolish. She was in real trouble. This guy could choose to keep her for himself. She fought hard not to panic and run out. She’d never make it. “He’ll come looking for me if I’m not home soon.”
    The vampire smiled and it was chilling. He held his hand out. “I’m Bryce. What is your name?”
    She shook his hand and was slightly relived when he let it go. “I’m Andrea. My master is—”
    “Yes, Mikel. He and I know each other well. I know who you are too.”
    Andrea’s stomach dropped. What kind of trouble had she gotten her and Mikel into? Perhaps she should have stayed home like he told her, but just thinking those thoughts made her furious with herself all over again.
    Bryce leaned in confidentially. “He doesn’t know you’re here, does he?”
    She opened her mouth to lie but he held up a hand to stop her and gestured to his office. Unable to say no without arousing even more suspicion, she went in and watched helplessly as Bryce closed the door behind him.
    Andrea stood in front of his desk like a naughty school child. “I was trained for the Red League. I just wanted to do something with my life.”
    Bryce sat behind his desk and interlaced his fingers. “I understand. I think it’s very brave that you came here alone. However you must realize the danger you put yourself in.”
    “I don’t care about the danger. I just want and deserve a meaningful life. I want to do what I was trained for.”
    A second of confusion came over her and then the room was filled with Bryce’s dark magic. It was thick like molasses and clouded her senses. She swooned and in a flash she was near him as he ushered her into his lap. Her thigh pressed against his thick, pressing erection while he wrapped his arms around her. Tender lips brushed the pulse of her throat. Andrea tried to fight the magic, but his light caresses and the feel of his mouth on her neck drained all the resistance from her. She had become a thing with no will of her own, ready and eager to be used by this blood-sucking beast.
    Bryce moved his hands down her face and neck with eyes that burned like the sun.
    “Does your master treat you well, Andrea?”
    His voice was sweet poison, smoothing over her skin like velvet.
    “I don’t know,” she whispered. Somewhere deep inside, her mind was screaming, begging her to snap out of this toxic game the vampire was weaving. But try as she might, she couldn’t break loose. Perhaps a part of her didn’t want to. She welcomed the destruction he offered and couldn’t think of a reason in the world to resist.
    “I would be much better to you.”
    A note of anger brought her partially back. “I don’t want to trade one slave master for another.”
    Sharp teeth grazed her neck: tempting, teasing, threatening. Moisture pooled between her legs. She was his. Anything he wanted was his for the taking.
    The point of a fang pressed against her flesh.
    The office door banged open and Mikel filled the room. “Don’t you dare,” he said in a tone that conveyed a terrible warning.
    Bryce wrapped his arms around her like a possessive lover. “I really like her. She is lonely. Where were you when she needed you the most?”
    “I’m here. Get your fucking hands off her now .”
    Bryce hesitated. The room filled with tension. Then it seemed he decided she wasn’t worth the fight and pushed her off his lap toward Mikel. “Don’t leave your new toys lying around the playground. Next time, you’ll lose her for good.”
    Mikel grabbed her arm with such force she thought he was going to pull it from the socket. He dragged her out without a word. She wanted to talk to him and explain herself but her mind was still hazy. He wouldn’t be able to listen in his current mood anyway. But she was very grateful he had come to save her. It made her wonder if