Games Demons Play–Snippet 3

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Gorgeous gave another burst of speed, her tires gripping the road like she was on rails. At two-sixty, she breezed by the Ferrari. Though she doubted the driver could see, she lifted a hand and gave a little see-ya-later wave.

The Bugatti was the fastest street-legal car in the world. Top speed of two hundred and sixty-seven miles per hour. There was something undeniably, irreplaceably sexy about being the very best. Driving the very best. Having the very best. To Izzy, that was the ultimate aphrodisiac.

If that guy wanted a race, he was going to lose.

She smiled when she saw his headlights in her rearview mirror again. The Ferrari crossed into the left lane and pulled up next to her. He was a smooth driver, she’d give him that. At least, she assumed the driver was male.

High on the power, the speed, she pressed the gas pedal a little further. The Ferrari matched her speed. A little more. Same result. Faster still. Faster until her heart was in her throat.

She let her foot off the gas. Gorgeous slowed. Izzy glanced at the dash. Damn. Dawn wasn’t too far away.

“It is time to go home,” she told the car, regretting that she could not stay out all day. One day she’d be as old as Valencia and could come and go as she pleased. Maybe one day she’d be as wealthy as Valencia and could afford a car like this.

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