SYNOPSIS
But this knowledge hasn’t strengthened me. Instead, each revelation breaks me down until nothing is left but my fight and my rage. As I struggle to survive, only one question remains. How far will I go to save those I love and burn the Acquisition to the ground?
Full disclosure: This book is a DARK romance with elements of BDSM, slavery, violence, and super-hot sex. It is the last of the Acquisition trilogy, no cliffhanger. If you're good with these caveats, enjoy!
“I know you feel guilty. I know.” He smoothed his hands up
and down my back as I lay my head against his shoulder. “But you did what you
had to. Everything else that happened isn’t on you. It’s on us. The
Acquisition.”
“I can’t stop thinking about it. About how they looked at
me. Brianne and Gavin, the way they screamed.” My lip trembled, and I hated my
weakness, hated that I had the luxury of falling apart when Brianne and Gavin
were the ones who’d suffered.
He wrapped his arms around me. “I know. Time is the only way
to soften memories like that. Things you’ve seen that you can never un-see.
They’ll still be there, but they won’t be able to hurt you anymore.”
I pulled away and took his hand, pulling it to my lips. I
kissed the criss-cross of scars on the back of his wrist before putting his
palm to my cheek. “You’re strong. Maybe I can be, too.”
He leaned in and kissed me with a gentleness I didn’t know
he possessed. He rested his forehead against mine. “You are everything. If I
could run with you, I would.” He closed his eyes, as if thinking through the
possibility again. When he opened them, they were stark. “We can’t. They’ll
find us, hurt us, and kill Teddy for spite.”
I pulled away and held his gaze. “I’m going to end it. All
of it. We are. Together.”
The water splashed down my back, warming me even as goose
bumps rose along my skin from the nearness of him, the heat that lit his gaze
at my words.
“It won’t be easy. You’ll have to kill.” He pulled me to him
roughly, his hands going to my ass. “You would have their blood on your hands?”
I bit his chest and ran my nails down his back. “Yes.”
He groaned, as if my assent pleased him more than he could
stand. “This is a dark path. One I’m well acquainted with.” He pushed me
against the tiles and met my eyes. “Are you sure it’s what you want?”
“I want to burn it all down.” I pulled him down to me and
kissed him with every bit of fierceness I had.
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Celia Aaron is the self-publishing pseudonym of a published romance and erotica author. She loves to write stories with hot heroes and heroines that are twisty and often dark. Thanks for reading.
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