Under Your Scars (Under Your Scars, #1)

by Ariel N. Anderson

When I told them I wanted to move to the most dangerous, crime-ridden city in the United States, they looked at me like I had grown a second head and murdered a kitten in front of them.

I stand there unmoving for so long I think I’ve forgotten that I even have legs. Every sense in my body is telling me to run, but I’m frozen in place, shaking like this is the first time I’ve stood on my own in my life. My bottom lip quivers and I recoil into myself when he brushes away a strand of my loose hair with his knuckle.

“Do you believe in soulmates?” The corner of his mouth tilts into a smile. “Not until I found you.”

The man across from me has said nothing. He doesn’t react. He doesn’t fight. He just…takes it.

Yourself????!??

Don’t you ever refer to yourself as ‘some woman’ again. You are the only woman I have eyes for. You are the only woman I’ve ever considered sharing my life with. I knew from the second I met you that I wanted to make you mine forever. You are everything to me.”

Christian is worth 500. Billion. Dollars.

So not a trillion anymore?!? WHAT? UH....

Safe isn’t a place. It’s the people that love you.

I would do absolutely anything for her. Anything. That makes me the worst kind of man. Love is the most volatile poison in the universe. I’m not a saint by any stretch of the imagination, but I make you a promise on my life, that Elena will always be safe with me, even if it costs me everything in the end.”

“You killed my parents. You tried to kill me. I was a fucking kid! The only devil here is you,” I seethe, practically breathing fire.

Three minutes without oxygen. Three minutes without a heartbeat. Three minutes without his love.