Where's Molly (Cat and Mouse, #2.5)

by H.D. Carlton

I hope to God another girl never finds this journal. That would mean she replaced me, and no one—no one—should ever have to experience the horrors of this house. No one innocent, at least.

I'd rather die rebelling than die submitting.

Just like ours, his eyes are haunted. And unlike the other men, he doesn't leer at the girls or smile when we're raped. In fact, he looks downright sick when it happens.

“Thank you. I won't forget you, Rio.”

Legion is an underground organization run by an elusive no-face man named after his company, who employs hitmen to take out whoever they deem necessary. They specifically target those who frequent the dark web, and much like their sister organization, Z, they go after pedophiles.

“That’s also new. You gonna use that on me, little ghost? I don’t mind joining you in the afterlife.”

“At one point in our lives, we don’t know our soulmates at all. But that doesn’t make them any less of one. Sometimes… sometimes you just know.”

“Oh, and don't talk to strangers!” I call out behind me. “But you're a stranger,” he counters loudly. And I easily could've gotten you killed.

Because staring into her eyes is the only thing I needed, to convince myself she's everything I'll ever want for as long as oxygen invades my lungs. I knew it deep in my bones the day I met her. Even back then, my soul immediately recognized hers as its other half. “Because I'd tell you anything,” I answer. “There's not a single thing I'd be able to keep from you. Especially when you look so goddamn beautiful.”

“We're all hungry, baby. Who are you going to feed first?” I ask wickedly before gliding my tongue across my bottom lip. I'm fucking starving.

“You saved her life, Molly. Remember that. Always remember that.”

“If I'm out in the wilderness, just me and the wolves, no one will find me. No one will recognize me. I've disappeared once. This time, I want it to be for good.”

“I will chase away all your nightmares until they grow wary of returning. They will fear me, my little ghost. But you never will.”