Swallow Your Fear (Whiskey Ridge, #1)

by Karley Brenna

McKenna as she popped her bubblegum.

Unlike when I saw him in the alley, he now wore a skeleton mask that took up half his face, with a black cowboy hat casting him in a slight shadow.

“Then beg, Darlin’.”

“Swallow your fear, Darlin’. Don’t let it control you. Bend that fear to your advantage and use it as fuel.”

“The only one you need to be afraid of in this world is me, Brynne. Anyone else, and I won’t hesitate to kill them.”