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My attention bounced around at every member of Sovereign Sanctum:
River, our leader. Kane, our money launderer.
Cash, our hacker. Then there was me, ...
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Angie and her two sons had been hidden away at The Sanctuary for two months.
shelter those who we were helping to give new lives
Had never had the illusion that I was going to make it to be an old man.
Might as well live fast and hard and to the extreme while I had the chance.
years ago to stand for the abused and neglected.
Our good deeds were usually done dirty.
I wondered if there would ever be a time in my life when I didn’t lose my breath when I looked at him.
was in the kitchen, larger than life, stirring something in a pot.
Knew she’d always thought of me as her safe place.
Could never take my best friend’s little sister, the one woman I’d been forbidden to touch.
Could still feel the rattle of the oath I’d made.
the guy who’d sworn to be nothing more than her protector.
then his eyes were popping open to the darkness where I stood over him like a wraith.
Seven years since the three of them had disappeared. Seven years that I’d been hunting.
Because I’d sworn over Haddie’s grave none of them would get away with what they’d done.
would atone for their sins. And that atonement had come due.
Running into that room that night so long ago. Blood splattered everywhere.
The two people I loved most in this world mangled. Discarded like trash where they’d been left on the floor.
Like she didn’t get that she could ask anything of me, and it was done.
that chin held high. “I touch myself, wishing it was you. It’s you. It’s always you.”
explore this with the one man she’d ever felt safe with.
You’re the only person I’ve ever wanted this way.
The only one who’s ever touched me, and I wasn’t afraid.”
“Just this once, Raven,
I hated that he would feel guilt over me.
I needed this so badly. To find myself in him.
This is just for me. For us. If you want it.”
“The way you’ve been driving me out of my mind,
under my roof. In my house and under my skin.”
“I just need to know that you won’t regret this, Raven.”
“But if you get scared or nervous or uncomfortable, I need you to say it.
he watched me carefully, searching for any signs of distress.
this man who had always meant everything to me.
The one I’d had to pretend I didn’t love the way I did.
“You think these arms weren’t made to hold you?
Remember this wasn’t about taking what I wanted.
This was about giving Raven what she needed.
Otto’s entire being shifts whenever you come into the room.
You’re his gravity, Raven.”
The woman an earthquake.
“I love you so much, and I have my entire life.
It is what my heart knows. It’s my truth.
You are everything I want and the one thing I’m not supposed to have.”
“Love you, Raven,” he mumbled against my mouth,
Brute strength and bulky intimidation.
Never felt safer than in the sanctuary of this man.
“You don’t have to be afraid of loving me,” she murmured.
