No One Has to Know (Deal with the Devil)

by Carin Hart

Mason Burns is a madman with a sense of honor. No conscience, but he won’t lie to me no matter how many times I do it to him.

She’s always called me that. Until now, it didn’t really bother me. Most people do, and those who don’t, stick with ‘Mace’. Not her. I need my angel to be different. I need her to be mine, yes, but more than anything, I need to be hers.

it’s more than that. I don’t want her to fuck Burns. I want her to open herself up to Mason.

I always knew that, with the right tool, I’d be able to keep her forever. My angel… she was born to run. Never staying in one place for long, always looking over her shoulder. All she’s ever wanted was someone to love her. To cherish her. To choose her above all, and provide her with the security she’s chased her whole adult life. She wanted me.

“Don’t be scared of me,” he pleads. “Not you, angel. Never you.” How can I be? Maybe I am his angel, but he’s my devil. More than that, he’s mine.

“Angela… if I put this on your finger, that’s it. Nothing short of you stabbing me in the fucking heart will get me to agree to let you take it off again. Even then, I’ll plead with you as I bleed out to keep it on until I’m dead and can’t see you without it. I’m that fucking serious. Do you understand me?” Perfectly.