**Two strangers are bonded by a lust for revenge—and each other—in this short story from Christine Feehan’s erotic, gripping series that has defined an entire genre. (J. R. Ward)** Blaze McGuire knows who killed her father and she has merciless plans for payback. Until a phone call from a seductive stranger pleads with her to wait. Retribution is in his blood, too. Now, he and Blaze will be united in the blood of the guilty. Tonight, vengeance is theirs. **Praise for Christine Feehan** Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels.— *Publishers Weekly* She is the master.—The Best Reviews *Dark Crime* first appeared in the anthology *Edge of Darkness*.