Authors: Mia Dymond
Tags: #Mystery, #tattoo, #color, #psychic, #Contemporary, #Romance, #soldier, #snake, #seal, #Navy
Freaky By Nature
By Mia Dymond
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CHAPTER ONE
“Awwww, baby , don’t be so m ean!”
Brett tossed the final swallow of his root beer down the back of
his throat before he turned his attention to the drunken fool on the
next bar stool. What the hell was his problem ? No hot blooded m ale
on
the
entire
planet
could
com plain
about
tonight’s
entertainm ent. Brett glanced at the blonde goddess who shim m ied
around the m etal pole in front of them to the hard core, raunchy
tones of a heav y m etal band while she accented each beat with the
shake of a hip. Madam e X. He owed Jack. Big tim e.
Brett chuckled to him self. When Jack Cam pbell, his Nav y
buddy and owner of The Cathouse, called in a fav or, Brett didn’t
hesitate to agree. No norm al guy in his right m ind would pass up
an opportunity to watch beautiful wom en dance while he
protected their bodies in the process. Madam e X, howev er, had
captured his attention ten-fold. And not just because his cock
worshipped her, she just seem ed … fam iliar.
Madam e’s ey es and nose hid behind a sparkly m ask, but the
sm ooth, porcelain skin left exposed rev ealed high cheekbones and
pouty , full lips. Two, glossy , v ery tem pting pieces of flesh,
proportionately sized to fit perfectly between his own. Or around
other pleasure points on his body . The eager soldier between his
legs stretched.
Wav es of silky , platinum curls fell around her shoulders and
bounced with ev ery sway of her body . Now in ov erdriv e, his
raging libido fed his wild im agination. His hands itched to tangle
his fingers into the depths, to giv e a tight y ank while he buried
him self so deep inside her that she scream ed in satisfaction.
Damn
.
He knew only one other wom an with hair like that.
He cursed and shifted to accom m odate his persistent hard-on,
still not able to look away .
A m etallic m idnight blue bra barely restrained her breasts
and thrust the full globes up and out until he swore they begged
for his personal touch. Som ething short of gauze m anaged to cov er
a portion of her skin, and he wondered if she knew her nipples
hardened under his gaze. Brett swallowed hard. Voy eurism had its
place, just not while he concentrated on protecting her.
Despite his intent not to stare like a sex-crazed teenager, Brett
found him self m ore appreciativ e when Madam e X strutted a sem i
circle then turned her back to him . Scraps of blue lace stretched
across her hips and rounded, cream y skin of her ass. Sweat
droplets danced on his forehead at the thought of how sm ooth and
pliable it would feel squeezed in his palm .
Fire whipped through his v eins as he let his gaze m eander
along the length of her legs. They went on for day s, the m uscles
finely toned and shaped to hold him in place as she rode. Then she
gav e her head a sexy roll, turned to peer ov er her shoulder, and bit
her bottom lip.
His heated blood turned to ice water.
Hell no
.
An obnoxious wolf whistle pierced his eardrum s. “Com e on,
sweetheart, giv e m e som ething to work with here.”
Distracted and annoy ed by the crude com m ent, Brett gav e the
guy a hard glance. While Brett had been lost in lustful
appreciation, the sap had draped him self ov er the edge of the bar
and eased him self onto the catwalk with a twenty dollar bill in
hand. He wav ed it like a flag, obv iously expecting her to take the
bait. She gav e him a sexy wink, took two steps backwards, and
steered clear.
Brett squinted so hard his ey es crossed, alm ost as if she’d
m orph into another person if he stared hard enough.
No fucking
way
.
Now angry bey ond words, Brett pushed his glass to the side,
and stood. Masterful self discipline kept him from m urder when he
rested a hand to the back of lov erboy ’s neck. “That’s enough,
buddy . Let’s say y ou call it a night.”
Madam e’s pursuer gav e him a go-to-hell look and snarled. “It’s
early . She’s dancing and I’m pay ing.”
With a quick lunge, he slipped free of Brett’s hold and crawled
onto the catwalk.
Brett only had seconds to warn her. “Holly ! Mov e!”
Madam e’s ey es m et his in sheer panic as the drunk wrapped
both hands around her legs. Unable to m ov e, she lost her balance
and fell to the stage.
In the next heated heartbeat, her adm irer cov ered her with
his body . Within seconds, he forced his lips to hers and fondled her
perfectly -rounded breasts with one hand. As Madam e rolled her
head from side to side and struggled to free herself, he y anked the
strings of her costum e free from their knots with the other hand.
“Sonuv abitch.”
Brett flung him self onto the stage, rolled the attacker off, and
crushed him against the catwalk with the force of his rage. “Don’t.
Mov e.”
Brett paused a m om ent only to cast a glance at Madam e.
Although she appeared unharm ed, the slight whim per he heard
boiled his blood. In one m ore fluid m ov em ent, he squeezed the lust-
driv en sop into a head lock.
“Didn’t y ou read the no-touching policy , jerk-off?”
With a sickening crack, Brett’s left fist connected with his
prisoner’s jaw. He felt his skin split and looked to see blood spatter
his knuckles while the guy lay in a drunken heap on the floor.
Still seeing red, Brett wiped the back of his hand on his t-shirt
and turned his attention back to the dam sel in distress. In all of the
chaos, her m ask lay beside her.
There, before him with her ey es wide and her arm s crossed
ov er her now bare chest, stood Madam e X a/k/a Holly London. The
star of his m ost recent wet dream .
***
Oh, God … Oh, God … Oh, God
.
Holly peeled off her stilettos and sprinted down the priv ate
hallway to the dressing area, the straps of her bikini top flowed
behind. With her heart in her throat, she slam m ed the door and
braced herself against a row of cool, m etal lockers.
She should’v e known better than to try and pull this off. The
atm osphere had tried to warn her. Colors had assaulted her from
the m om ent she stepped onto the stage. Colors no one except
she
could see. And, she had felt som eone, or som ething, watching.
Waiting.
Dam n him . She’d been close to discov ering
what
until she
spotted Brett. At first sight of his dom inant, powerful being, cool
colors of blue and green env eloped her brain and chased away her
fear. Yet, the longer she danced under his heated stare, clear tones
of red and pink bathed the distance that separated her from him .
Holly found herself drawn by the connection, aroused by his
attention. It was though ev ery one else disappeared and she danced
solely for him .
Why was Brett here?
Holly swallowed hard and took sev eral deep breaths to attem pt
to regulate her heartbeat. When Jack m entioned he’d hired a new
bouncer, she nev er expected to see Brett Steele. The instant the
hard-bodied SEAL attached his ey es to her, she knew she wouldn’t
be able to hide her identity for long. He was too potent to ignore,
too intelligent to fool, and m uch too good a priv ate inv estigator not
to expose her. She released a slight groan. What now?
Brett wouldn’t let it go. No way . She probably had about three
m inutes tops to pull herself together. First things first. She reached
behind her back and re-tied the way ward strings. A naked
confrontation with him wouldn’t help her explanation.
There had to be a way to get out of this. She really didn’t owe
him an explanation. Not really . Her ey es darted around the room
in desperation until they finally focused on the window in the
corner. May be she could squeeze through and av oid seeing him
altogether.
“Don’t ev en think about it.”
Startled, Holly swung her head back around at the creak of
the door and then the sound of a fam iliar, deep v oice. Brett stood
braced in the doorway , both his bulky arm s folded ov er his bare
m assiv e chest.
Her tongue thickened as her ey es began their intim ate perusal
at the tip of his sm ooth, slick, expertly -carv ed pectorals. Muscles so
toned and shaped that no prisoner could escape his hold and no
wom an in her right m ind would ev en try . From there, she let her
gaze trav el downward to his slim , trim obliques, m olded to create a
sexy v -cut that led beneath his jeans. Moisture pooled between her
legs as she observ ed the package nestled there. Ev en as he stood
perfectly still, power undulated from ev ery pore of his body .
Holly drew her gaze back up his body and into his hardened,
brooding ey es. She forced words from her m outh, but m anaged
only a whisper. “Brett.”
Fully expecting a reprim and, she was surprised when he
uncrossed his arm s and closed the door without a word. He m ov ed
towards her and laid a hand on one bare shoulder. Despite the heat
generated between them , goose bum ps danced on her skin and her
nerv es shook.
He nodded at the bench in front of the lockers. “Sit.”
Both reliev ed and still wary of his reaction, Holly sat on the
bench and crossed her legs. “Where is y our shirt?”
He turned his hand ov er to expose the torn skin. “Bloody .” He
dism issed her concern and reached to m ov e a way ward curl from
her forehead. “Are y ou hurt?”
She m anaged a half sm ile. “No.”
He nudged her bare foot with his heav y com bat boot. “You’re
Madam e X.”
She couldn’t stop the pull of a grin at the corner of her m outh.