It
was the damndest thing. The monster made her feel whole again.
She
sighed, a sound he heard despite the wind whipping around them. “This is so
fucked up,” she explained,” but I didn’t know what else to do, I…”
Her voice
trailed off into silence, and she blinked away the tears which were clearly
threatening to fall. Connor’s feet moved before his brain even registered the
action, his stride closing the distance between them in just a couple of paces.
Molly’s eyes widened at his sudden proximity, her face lifting to look upon him
in some sort of dumb-stuck awe. He couldn’t tell if it was terror or yearning
which he saw in her eyes, but it didn’t matter. To hell with the mantra; Molly
was upset, and that meant he wanted to protect her. Deep down Connor was
certain of one thing. She had never stopped being his, and in his normal messed up way, that meant only he was
allowed to cause her pain. If she was upset, he wanted to calm her, and comfort
her. He wanted to make it better.
“Hey,” he
said, towering over her small frame. “Hey, it’s okay.”
Connor
wanted to wrap her up in a hard embrace, to hold her close to his body and
smell the sweet scent of her hair in his nostrils. He swallowed down that urge,
opening his arms out to her in as non-threatening a gesture as he could muster.
There was a moment when nothing more happened. Molly cried openly, wiping the
tears away with the back of her hand. Her eyes darted from his open arms to the
sea, and back to the car she had parked beside his Mercedes. Connor could tell
it was quite a predicament for her. Evidently, she wanted to go to him, but she
was understandably scared. The last time she had trusted him, she’d wound up
gagged and drugged.
Slowly,
she edged closer to Connor’s body. He saw her blow out a huge breath as she
neared, gazing up into his face as she finally pressed herself against him.
It was a
moment of epiphany.
Molly had
chosen to come to him, looking for comfort from the one man who’d taken and
tormented her. It was like some sort of miracle, and Connor knew he was the
luckiest son of a bitch on the planet as he felt her body heat next to him. His
arms were on her at once, enveloping her in his warmth in a matter of seconds.
His right hand rose to her hair, cradling her head as she sunk down against his
chest.
Molly
dissolved into sobs, her body trembling with the weight of whatever emotion she
released. For his part, Connor said nothing. He merely stood there, holding her
body on the wind-swept beach. In a time not so long ago, he had called himself
a devil. A monster who preyed on innocent little lambs like Molly, but just
look at him now. Connor was the greatest example of disparity he knew. He
proved that karma didn’t exist. He’d been a sick fuck his whole life, taking
what he wanted under the protection of his powerful peers, and caring nothing
for the consequences. He should be damned, and he thought he had been, but he’d
been wrong. The greatest penance he could ever have received was to never have
seen Molly again. To have never caught sight of her mischievous smile, or run
the soft strands of her hair through his fingers. And yet, here was she, her
small arms clinging to him as she cried her heart out. There was no way he
deserved to be this blessed. No way.
Blurb:
Can a monster ever find redemption?
Free from her captor, author Molly Clary finds herself back at home, but she’s just as lost as ever. In the isolation of her new-found freedom, Molly makes a startling revelation; she can no longer function without Connor Reilly. She can’t write without him; she can’t live without him.
The admission leads Molly into the most intense and dangerous chapter of her twisted love affair yet, and by reaching out to Connor again, she must decide if she can really leave her old life behind to venture into the dark and mysterious confines of the organization known only as The Syndicate.
For a couple whose love is built on lust, and fear and submission, there should be no happy ending. But as Molly helps her kidnapper lay his ghosts to rest, the question beckons, can they forge their own brand of happiness regardless? Can Connor finally be delivered into a consensual union with his kitten, and will it be enough to satisfy both of their dark needs?
Buy the captivating conclusion to The Dark Necessities trilogy, and devour this tantalizing finale.
Free from her captor, author Molly Clary finds herself back at home, but she’s just as lost as ever. In the isolation of her new-found freedom, Molly makes a startling revelation; she can no longer function without Connor Reilly. She can’t write without him; she can’t live without him.
The admission leads Molly into the most intense and dangerous chapter of her twisted love affair yet, and by reaching out to Connor again, she must decide if she can really leave her old life behind to venture into the dark and mysterious confines of the organization known only as The Syndicate.
For a couple whose love is built on lust, and fear and submission, there should be no happy ending. But as Molly helps her kidnapper lay his ghosts to rest, the question beckons, can they forge their own brand of happiness regardless? Can Connor finally be delivered into a consensual union with his kitten, and will it be enough to satisfy both of their dark needs?
Buy the captivating conclusion to The Dark Necessities trilogy, and devour this tantalizing finale.
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About the Author:
Felicity Brandon is a
top 100 Amazon bestselling author.
She loves the darker
side of romance, and writes sexy, suspenseful stories, with strong themes of
bondage and submission.
You’ll find her either
at her laptop, at the gym, or rocking out to her favourite music.
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Hi Kathryn and Felicity, wow, what a powerful, emotional excerpt. Loved reading this. This sounds like an awesome and interesting read:)
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