Quintessentially Q (Monsters in the Dark, #2)

by Pepper Winters

I may be a controlling bastard, but the moment Tess stalked into my life I lost my balls to her.

I relish the snap, welcome the burn, don’t stop yet it’s still my turn. Tighten your grip, make me bleed, this is a hunger I need to feed...

“Drink me if that’s what you need. Fuck me if it will help you believe. Je suis à toi.” I’m yours.

“You’ll never be free of me. I’ll never be free of you. It’s fate who decides, and fate gave us each other.”

“You’re my wings. You made me fly.” He froze, hands unmoving on my cheeks. His pale eyes seared into my soul. Q wasn’t just my master in the bedroom. He was the master of my heart. Finally, he whispered in his deep, accented voice, “You stole my loneliness. I may have given you wings, but you've become my gravity. I’ll never be free of your force.”

Why her? Because she made me fucking happy for the first time in my sorry existence. She made me stronger, more grounded…more right.

Tess kissed me back, whispering into my mouth. “Because you’re my monster in the dark, and I’m yours.”

I fucking loved this woman. Not just for now. Not just for tomorrow. But always. Now and forever, I was hers.