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you walked around with it like this, all the patients and doctors wouldn’t get any work done.”
    Sasha smiled. Chase was flirting with her. Sasha knew he was trying to make her feel at ease and the thought warmed her heart. That was the type of man he was. Sasha moved her hand to his. “I wish I had all the time in the world to talk to you but we don’t. I’m not going to tell you what your chart says because we both know the truth. What I want to talk to you about tonight is pleasure and a choice.”
    “Oh, I like the word pleasure so talk away,” said Chase, giving her a bold wink.
    Fear clawed at Sasha. What she was about to do had severe ramifications. But for him she was willing to risk it. Life was a choice and it was beautiful and more than ever she wanted him to understand what she had become. A part of her knew it was a selfish want.
    “Take my hand. I’m going to show you something I would never normally show anyone but you, Chase, are a man of worth who deserves to see his fate.”
    He gave a soft chuckle. “Okay, now fate is not a sexy word, Dr. Rivers. Let’s go back to that word pleasure. I quite enjoyed how that sounded on your lovely mouth.”
    Sasha fought not to chuckle. “Sasha, my name’s Sasha. And as much as I’d like nothing more than to give you the pleasure I crave, I need you to understand the terms of the offer. Please pay attention, Chase because what I’m about to show you will change you.”
    He wrapped her hair around his wrist and dragged her closer. She moved her body so that she could perch on the side of his bed. Sasha understood his intentions but realized it would make what she was about to do easier. Sasha waited for him to digest her words.
    He nodded, grinned more and said, “I’m yours.”
    Two words that had more meaning than he could ever know. Sasha didn’t speak. Instead she placed her hands over his chest, feeling the rhythmic beat and only then did she let her Siren powers course through him. His heartbeat sped up and his breath hitched.
    A few minutes later it was done. He unclasped her hair and sank against the pillows. He ran a shaky hand through his own ruffled hair.
    “Fuck, what the hell was that? My freaking life just flashed before my eyes and, fuck…”
    Sasha watched him continue to rake a hand nervously through his sandy brown hair. She longed to run her fingers through his wavy hair, but instead waited for him to fully understand what she’d shown him.
    “Was that for real?”
    His voice was soft, sounding resigned. A part of Sasha felt intense sorrow that he knew his fate. Sadly, Sasha nodded. “I am sorry.”
    Still staring at the ceiling he said, “Not half as sorry as I am. No fucking way do I want to die like that.”
    “I can change that.” Sasha rushed on by disclosing what she really was. She could tell by his wide-eyed expression he wasn’t buying it. The only way to show him was to kiss him, fully with all her Siren passion and for once in Sasha’s human life fear clawed at her.
    “If I kiss you with my Siren passion you will see where I come from. I have never done that with a human, ever. But for you, Chase, I am willing.” My secret that will give you all the power to put me away for good. It was a thought echoing loudly within Sasha’s mind and heart.
    He propped himself once again on the pillows. “So, you’re saying that you’re some sort of mermaid, right, but were cursed and if you don’t have sex and take the soul of a man every month you will turn to dust. How do I know you’re not freaking me out so I’ll agree to be your next victim?”
    That was the cop in him. Mistrust. She understood that. She liked how his blue eyes heated to a navy color while he absorbed her story.
    “Good point,” said Sasha. “I can’t make you trust me, but it is the truth. The choice is yours. There is nothing else I can say that will convince you but Chase, why would I tell the nurse to give you my special brew that would help