The hell I created for killing the one woman who stole my life and showed me an emotion I never dared dream of. I deserved to stay in this nightmarish hell. Rolling away, I tried to ignore the call. Something sharp bit my shoulder, and I flinched. At least if I did she would be safe, and my life wouldn’t have ended. Rewind to the day when Tess arrived and I promptly sent her back to her stupid boyfriend Brax. Rewind to a simpler place where I lived with needs and urges, but never let myself believe I could be free. I bent, pressing my cheek against her mouth, waiting endlessly for a small puff of breath, a signal I hadn’t gone too far.įear stopped my heart, and all I wanted to do was reverse time. “Wake up, esclave,” I growled, hoping an order would force those dove-blue eyes open. Her red-welted body oozed with damnation. “Tess?” I pulled her into my arms, dragging her cold, lifeless form closer. The monster inside ruined the only brightness in my life. The whip in my hands grew slippery with sweat, and I hurled it away in disgust. Rage and terror strangled me as I fell to my knees in the warm puddle of crimson. Her snowy skin was extra frosty, grey-blue eyes closed to me. All that blood, so bright with a coppery tang, almost sweet. Naked and restrained, this darkness cannot be contained,Īll I could think was-she’s dead. My esclave-so strong and fierce and sexually feral-wasn’t strong enough for what happened. Only when she came into my life did I start to live-intoxicated by her taste, screams, and joy.īut our f**ked-up-fairy-tale didn’t exactly have a happy ending. I thought I would be her nightmare-her terror and darkness. Let the rivers run, the monster inside has won… I ache to see your flesh bleed, scream for me, give me what I need,

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