Treasure of the Abyss (The Kraken, #1)

by Tiffany Roberts

Humans sought only two things — power over that which they did not control, and the destruction of what they could not control.

“Let your people think you died in the storm. You already let them kill you within.”

“Because you are a treasure I plucked from the sea, and you are mine!” he roared.

“I want to see things. Want to explore the world. I don’t want to be confined by The Watch, or this place, or anywhere again.” She met his eyes. “You’re Jax the Wanderer, right? And you said I’m…that I’m yours. So. Take me with you, out there. Not back home, but beyond. Then…then I’ll be yours, and stay with you willingly.”

“She…is my home,” Jax finally replied, closing his eyes. “I would never wander again, so long as she were safe. Anything I have, anything I can give, I would give to protect her, to see her smile. But she is not safe in the Facility, amongst our people. And she is not happy living in a cage.”