Terms of Desire: Tempt Me Twice, Part One Read online

  I only now noticed that one was leading the other on a leash.

  My stomach rolled as my mind rapidly began to put things together.

  “He was supposed to talk to you before he left you with me.” I gaped, astounded at the words.

  “Before he left me with you?” My fists curled, my nails biting deeply into my palms. “And where in this do I get a say?”

  “That is the entire point, pet.” Liam waited quietly. I was frozen in place.

  “The point of what?”

  “This club, this casino, cater to those with a taste for kink. As manager, I help those new to the lifestyle to explore their needs.” Kink? Even as I shivered and backed away, I felt my nipples contract with need.

  What was wrong with me?

  “Austin thought that I could help to bring out the dominant in his nature, and your true self, as well.” His lips curled with the slightest hint of amusement, even as dark need shimmered in the air between us.

  “And I suppose that you are going to tell me who my true self is, stranger?” I was angry, and more than that, embarrassed. Austin had contacted an old friend, discussed our marital problems, and then left me in the hands of someone who ran a kink club without having the guts to tell me any of this first.

  I could have killed him, and his actions only caused half of my anger. No, despite the situation, I was drawn to Liam like a moth to flame.

  “Discovery of yourself is a journey that only you can take, Callie.” I was feeling—

  oh, I was feeling too much. I wished for an outlet, because I felt like I was going to explode.

  “In preparation, you might want to start thinking about why you deny to yourself that you are a submissive.”

  What happens next?

  Follow Callie, Liam and Austin’s story further in

  Tempt Me Twice Part 2- Terms of Surrender, available now!

  Other works by Lauren Hawkeye:

  Harlequin Nocturne Cravings:

  The Darkling's Desire

  The Darkling's Surrender

  Harlequin Spice Briefs:

  Taking the Heat

  Let Me In

  Lead Me On

  Tie Me Up

  Take Me Down

  Wet

  Avon Red:

  Hot and Haunted (anthology with Megan Hart and Saranna DeWylde)

  My Wicked Gladiators