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look a thousand times over the years and had taken nothing but grim satisfaction. If that. Most times, he didn’t feel anything. It was all part of the job.
    Now, he felt the need to soothe her, to let her know he wouldn’t hurt her. The dark-skinned beauty was something out of a dream to him. She looked and acted so completely innocent, right down to knowing she couldn’t take the whiskey. Shannon had specifically said he shouldn’t hurt the girl. But what did he do with her?
    Instantly images of the encounter with the two call girls filled his head. Only this time, there was only one. And she had dark skin, dark hair, and mouthwatering curves, looking suspiciously like the woman sitting next to him. Lust hit him low and mean like a punch to his gut, harder than anything he’d felt in living memory. Instantly he was hard, straining for her.
    Taking slow, deep breaths for control, Fionn tried to analyze his reaction. Yeah, for some reason he was attracted to her. Unnaturally so. Maybe it was her air of innocence, or the fact that she hadn’t readily fallen into his arms. All he knew was there was no way he was harming her. No matter what. At least, not right away. And not unless she begged him to.
    It was good she didn’t readily succumb to his charms since she was a means to an end for him and his brothers. If it proved, as Fionn expected, that Paddy O’Shea was behind this power play—for whatever reason—then using this girl might be the only way of getting her father to admit to the old man’s involvement. Of course, if she fell for him, she might more readily aid him.
    Fionn narrowed his eyes as he sped down the highway. What if he could seduce her into helping them? She would ultimately pay the price, but then, she was already caught in the middle of this tangled web just by being her father’s daughter. The more he thought about it, the more he liked the idea. The more his cock liked the idea. The only question was, could he make her want him enough for her to help him nail her father?
    Once he’d seized on the idea of having her, Fionn found he would settle for nothing less. The curvy little beauty next to him was his. Whether she wanted to be or not.
    She was still in a wide-eyed trance when he pulled into his garage, closing up and setting the alarm. The sight pained him, but he ignored it. Just like he ignored everything in life he didn’t want to acknowledge. Just like he’d done throughout most of his childhood. As he lifted her from the car, she whimpered, obviously unable to do anything else.
    “Relax, little love.” He used his best soothing voice. Funny. He’d only ever used it to calm people before he killed them; now he was using it to attempt to truly allay her fears? Not that she was buying it.
    “What’er you gonna do to me?” she slurred, the ketamine swallowing her.
    “Nothing,” he said, truthfully. “I’m only going to put you to bed so you can sleep this off. Nothing more.”
    She closed her eyes before lifting them again. It looked as if the effort took all her strength. “Don’t…believe…you.”
    “Then you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you wake unharmed and untouched.” It baffled Fionn that he felt the need to reassure her even though he truly hadn’t decided what he was going to do with—or to—her yet. All he knew was, the instant the words left his mouth, he knew he meant them. The only question was how could he get rid of her father and keep the woman at the same time? His brothers weren’t going to like this, but Fionn knew they’d accept it. What one wanted, the others provided.
    Fionn needed to call Shannon and let him know it was done, but he knew LeeAnn wouldn’t truly go under until he got her someplace quiet and dark where her mind would be lulled into oblivion. That thought made him scowl. Why, after all these years, was he suddenly going soft? And over a woman? No. Women catered to him, not the other way around.
    With an angry snarl, he