Originally in the Anthology – [Suite 606](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Suite%20606 “Suite 606”)
**Short, sharp and shocking, this bite-sized story is packed with thrills.**
Dragged to a glamorous, high-society ball with billionaire husband Roarke, homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost relieved when a naked, knife-wielding, blood-drenched man crashes in – a man who thinks he has killed someone.
Tracing bloody footprints, Eve finds a hotel room filled with signs of a ritual murder, but the man remembers nothing. Determined to help, Roarke consults an ex-lover who practices witchcraft. But Eve knows there is nothing supernatural about a deadly lust for power…