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An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication

www.ellorascave.com

Treacherous Wishes

ISBN # 1-4199-0662-3

Edited by Sue-Ellen Gower.

Cover art by Syneca.

Electronic book Publication: August 2006

This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written

permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® 1056 Home Avenue, Akron OH 44310-

3502.

This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales

is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.

Warning:

The following material contains graphic sexual content meant for mature readers. This story has been

rated S-ensuous by a minimum of three independent reviewers.

Ellora’s Cave Publishing offers three levels of Romantica™ reading entertainment: S (S-ensuous), E (E-

rotic), and X (X-treme).

S- ensuous love scenes are explicit and leave nothing to the imagination.

E- rotic love scenes are explicit, leave nothing to the imagination, and are high in volume per the overall

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T REACHEROUS W ISHES

Denise A. Agnew

Dedication

To the man of my dreams, Terry.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lara Britton, Tara Manderino, Victoria Rivers, and Candy Sams for information on

martial arts. Mega thanks to Bev Kay for her valuable insight into the workings of a soup

kitchen.

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the

following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Jaguar: Jaguar Cars Limited

Marlboro: Philip Morris Inc.

Saturn: Saturn Corporation

Stetson: John B. Stetson Company

VW Beetle: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft

Treacherous Wishes

Chapter One

Heavy, raspy breathing echoed in Tammy Carter’s ears. Fear slammed into her gut,

wrenching her so hard that nausea boiled in her stomach.

She closed her eyes and tightened her grip on the telephone as the breathing on the

other end continued. A flash of red filled her mind’s eye and she shuddered. She sank

into the chair behind her desk. For years she’d feared the day the evil might return. She

dreaded the inevitable when she would sense the malevolence that came once or twice

in a lifetime. Now it came through the phone…reaching…reaching…

Oh, God. Not now.

Shades of blue and black mingled with the red behind her eyes, and she hoped the

person on the other end of the line hadn’t already committed some horrible crime

against an innocent person. Then scarlet came as a hot wave over her body…the fever

of illness. Azure pierced like the cold, sharp sting of an icicle stabbing her arms. Black

left a deep, hollow well in her stomach.

No. No. She didn’t want to see what the breather had done. Didn’t want to know.

She opened her eyes, denying the ability that gave her this horrible insight. As the

breathing on the end of the line continued, she jerked her connection away from the

person on the other side. Fear mutated into fury.

Tammy clenched the telephone receiver until it felt as if the plastic might break. She

gave the breather five more seconds to speak, then she cursed and slammed down the

receiver. As she shook from reaction, her body suffused with a cold sweat. Perspiration

formed on her forehead and upper lip, and she reached for a tissue box. Dabbing a

tissue over her cheeks, she took deep breaths and the fear eased minute by minute.

Nice thing about these episodes. Quick to come, quick to go.

Calm settled over Tammy. Whatever animal had called had disconnected from her,

and she didn’t want to worry about the creep anymore.

Must forget. Must let it go.

A sparkling tune about love flowed from the small radio tucked beneath the high

counter of her desk. Yeah, right . She snapped off the radio.

What a fine way to end a day’s work. First, several folders had disappeared and it

had taken half the day for her to deduce where the temp had filed them last week. The

young, inexperienced woman had wreaked havoc in the office with her incompetence.

Tammy would have been happy if only one thing had gone wrong with the day.

But a client had made a sexual harassment complaint against one of Taggert Security

Team’s bodyguards that afternoon. Tammy had missed lunch, and two bodyguards on

assignment had come down with the flu.

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