A woman lives alone in a haunted house with a tragic past—but it’s the man who watches her from outside every night that terrifies and thrills her most. As lightning flashes and shadows deepen, fear and forbidden desire blur. Is he just a stalker… or something far more dangerous? Something tells her the worst is yet to come.
“I don’t lie, Adeline, and I’m not going to start now. So, tell me. Do you want me to spare his life?” “Yes,” I answer after a few beats. “I want Rio to live with his own choices. Whether he regrets the decisions he made or not, I want him to live with it. And…
An impossible amount of time passes before we both collapse, out of breath and ridden with electric currents. Her cheek rests against my chest, wet strands of hair draping across my skin like drizzled chocolate, and I just know she can feel my racing heartbeat ricocheting between her teeth. My fingers dive through her tangled…
“I am so sorry, Addie. Baine grabbed your ass. Baine, don’t do that! Zade is going to kill you, ya know? He gets his balls in a knot when people touch her.” “Balls in a knot?” I mutter, both confused and utterly fucking frazzled. I hike a thumb over my shoulder awkwardly when she continues…
It’s when I’m lost to pleasure that I’m overpowered easily. She lifts up on her knees, away from my pulsating cock, and just when I was getting ready to explode. Instantly, I’m overcome with frustration I’ve never felt in my life. “I swear to fucking God, Adeline, if you don’t sit back down right fucking…
Xavier and Rocco don’t verbally answer, but their bodies tighten. “Run,” Zade commands, laughing when Francesca takes off and then immediately stumbles over her feet, nearly face-planting the dirt ground. Sibby giggles, her bouncing increasing. She will be hunting Francesca, Zade will be after Rocco, and Xavier… is mine. Zade wanted to line them up…
“Can he run?” “Arrow in the spine,” he clips. My mouth dries as he nears, incapable of doing anything else but watching him bend down, seize me by the throat and crush his mouth into mine. Milliseconds. That’s how insignificant of a moment it takes for me to respond. He pries my lips apart with…
“I hear you call her any names one more time, I’m cutting out your fucking tongue. Believe me when I say you wouldn’t be the first.” My brows pinch. “Who was the first?” Zade just grins, then jogs over to Sibby and takes over, relieving her of Francesca’s weight and carrying the screeching woman the…
Blood and dirt coat her pale skin, flaking from her body and onto the heated rock floor. She runs her hand across her flat stomach, drawing my eyes to her fingers. Slowly, I move closer until what she’s doing becomes clearer. Like plucking a string on a guitar, her nails claw at a tiny white…
“I don’t ever want to be free of you, Zade. Not in this lifetime, and not in all the ones that come after.” She grabs either side of my face and crushes her lips onto mine, her nails scraping against the stubble on my cheeks. She holds on to me like she’s falling, but I…
Thinning my lips, I nod. “I’m sorry, Addie. It’s my fault she ever ended up there.” Frowning, I say, “Sibby, it wasn’t your fault.” “It was,” she insists. “She had nowhere to go because I killed Daddy. All of them were left alone. She would’ve never-“ I grab her hand, squeezing it tightly. “Sibby, you…