A Promise so Bold and Broken (Compelling Fates Saga, #2)

by Sophia St. Germain

she realized blood dripped from his hand, staining the shards of glass beneath him. And her heart beat even faster when Merrick continued to stare at her, his full lips parting as his eyes trailed down her body, and an urge to hide swept through her.

Damned broody males.

“Are you trying to get me undressed?” she taunted, ignoring the small voice in her mind warning her that she’d just decided not to agitate him more. A vein throbbed by his temple. “If I were, you’d already be splayed out on the sand beneath me, begging me to join you.” He… What?

“You can’t lose someone if you’ve never had them,” he finally responded.

She could almost hear his voice in her mind

Merrick’s face drained of blood

“Maybe I need to train you to please me instead of piss me off.”

You do not disrespect m…” A muscle in Merrick’s jaw twitched. “You do not disrespect her.”

“Absolutely not. I don’t plan on getting killed today. You go over there.”

“Fuck it”