Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)

by Pepper Winters

“Monsters find each other in the dark.”

I may have black desires, but I loved light, too. I needed tenderness to temper pain and degradation.

Tonight had changed my life. Q may make my soul weep and tear itself into pieces but he made it operatic with joy, too. My soul didn’t just sing, it rejoiced.

I finally found a place where my twistedness belonged. In Q’s arms.

This was a contract between two monsters fighting in the dark. Our blood was basic ink for such a deal—a deal of pain and endless pleasure.

“I promise to protect you, ravage you, hunt those who hurt you, and give you the life you deserve. My fortune is yours. My secrets are yours. And I will give you the corpses of the men who hurt you.”

“I was always running to you. I just didn’t know it. My freedom is in your captivity, Q. I fly when I’m with you.”

She was too much for a boy. She needed a man with a demon inside.

I wanted to lay corpses at her feet and prove I may be a monster but I was her monster.