Swallow Your Fear (Whiskey Ridge #1)
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Read between October 13 - October 17, 2024
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For the girls who want their cowboys a little dark. I hope Booker and his friends fulfill some of those fantasies for you.
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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. 
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“Oh, don’t get off your knees for me, Darlin’. I quite liked you down there.”
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I should bend her over a fucking chair and spank her till her ass was red just to teach her a little lesson, my handprint the only thing she could feel.
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“I’ll only tell you my name if you’re a good little slut and beg for it.”
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“I’d be careful mouthing off while you’re on your knees before me. Never know what I’ll fill this little mouth with to make you shut up.”
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I hated admitting that I liked both parts of him, however opposite they may be, but it was what I craved. 
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“Swallow your fear, Darlin’. Don’t let it control you. Bend that fear to your advantage and use it as fuel.”
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I’d already proved I’d kill for her. Hurt for her. 
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I was quickly finding there were no limits to how far I would go when it came to Brynne.
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“Just like that, little slut. Grip my cock while I choke that pretty little neck of yours.”
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“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.”
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“I own that part of you.”
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I realized then that Brynne couldn’t be temporary. Not with the way she infiltrated the fortress I’d put around myself when it came to women. They were nothing but trouble, but something about her erased any doubts I once had, making me want to claim her again and again until the only name she knew was mine and hers, together.
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“I won’t let a soul lay a hand on you unless I allow it.”
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“You’re the only woman I do fucking feel for, Brynne, and it pisses me the fuck off.”
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“What you’re doing is more than enough, Booker. So much so, that I don’t think I ever want to leave, because if I do, what if I never find what we have right now? What if I find another wimp like Chase or an asshole like that guy at the gym?”
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I wouldn’t be leaving, and he wouldn’t send me away. The thought both terrified and excited me all the same, but I swallowed my fear and let Booker hold me until morning.
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If anyone hurt my girl, I’d gut the fucker who thought he could get away with it. Rip his sternum wide open and remove organ after organ while he begged for mercy. But that’s where he’d fucked up big time. I didn’t grant mercy to those who took what was mine.
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Brynne would only be vulnerable for me. Scared of me. Swallow your fear, Darlin’. I’m coming.
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“Swallow your fear, Darlin’. Don’t let it control you. Bend that fear to your advantage and use it as fuel.”
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“Calm down, vicious kitten. No need to get the claws out.”
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“Put me down, you fucking caveman!” 
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“The lady gets what the lady wants.” “Because I’m your lady.” “Damn right, Darlin’. No one else’s.”