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An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication

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Pledge Slave

ISBN 9781419911910

Edited by Shannon Combs.

Photography and cover art by Les Byerley.

Electronic book Publication July 2007

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

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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.

P LEDGE S LAVE

Evangeline Anderson

Trademarks Acknowledgement

The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of the

following wordmarks mentioned in this work of fiction:

Armani: GA Modefine S.A. Corporation

Bambi: Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Camaro: General Motors Corporation

Gap: Gap (Apparel), LLC LTD LIAB CO

Glock: Glock, Inc.

Jaguar: Jaguar Cars Limited Corporation

Mercedes: Daimler Chrysler AG Corporation

Omni: Omni-Watch Systems, Inc.

Playboy: Playboy Enterprises International, Inc.

Q-tip: Chesebrough-Pond's Inc.

SportsCenter: ESPN, Inc. Corporation

Pledge Slave

Chapter One

Present Day

Andrew Baines III was ready to die.

He had a gun, a Glock 9 mm he’d borrowed from a friend who was a cop, and he

knew how to use it. He had all his affairs in order including his will, which left

everything to his fiancée, Elizabeth. As a junior partner in Weston, Baines and Linden,

one of the most prestigious litigation firms in the South, there was plenty to leave

including the townhouse, the boat, the Jaguar she loved so much, and a fat portfolio. He

had more financially than most men his age but it hadn’t made him happy—he hoped

maybe Elizabeth would feel differently. Giving her all his worldly goods was the least

he could do for her since he had never been able to give her his love. The only thing she

wasn’t going to get was Link, his purebred Alaskan Husky.

Link was going to Tony Ginelli, Andrew’s college roommate. Andrew hadn’t seen

him in almost nine years, not since the night when…he pushed the bad memory away.

The point was, no matter how badly things had ended between them, he knew Tony

liked animals and he wanted his old roommate to have something to remember him

by—something that was precious to Andrew. And he wanted Tony to know that

Andrew was thinking about him at the moment of his death.

He had gotten Tony’s current e-mail address from one of those “catch up with your

old classmates” websites and he hoped it was correct. If not, he supposed that Elizabeth

would have to find a home for Link. It shouldn’t be hard—the Husky was a beautiful

animal with a sweet temperament.

Andrew only hoped if someone besides Tony got the dog, they would have more

time to spend with her than he had himself. Lately it seemed as if he spent more time at

work than at home and when he wasn’t working, he was out planning the massive five-

figure wedding Elizabeth had insisted on. The wedding that was never going to take

place now. He felt a sense of relief from that. At least he wasn’t going to have to stand

up in front of five hundred friends, relatives and strangers and lie—that was something.

He thought maybe it was the prospect of the wedding that had finally pushed him

over the edge. The idea of tying himself forever to someone he didn’t love, when the

person he really cared about was forever out of reach was just too much. He’d been

living with Elizabeth for quite a while now but they had only announced their

engagement the night before at a huge party at his parents’ house. Andrew could barely

remember the blur of smiling faces, of hands shaking his, of voices congratulating him

on his good fortune. If only they knew how he really felt—like he was drowning in a

sea of lies, struggling in a web of deceit he himself had woven.

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