The Devil's Darling (Hell Hounds Harem, #3)

by Briana Michaels

“I get it,” the Devil said. “You’ve always wanted a family. I know why.” “You know nothing.” “Don’t I?” Lucifer cocked a brow. “I know your father had you on drugs at the age of seven. Kept you in a closet when your mother was drunk, and under him on his bed when she wasn’t around. Hit you whenever you cried while he molested you.” Tanner cringed. “Fuck. You.” “I know when you were ten, you watched that bastard get beaten to death by thugs. Right in your front yard. Not even the ice cream truck driver stopped to help him.” The Hound took a few more steps towards the door, his body curling in on itself with humiliation. “Shut up.” “I know you did what you could for your mother, got her to A.A. meetings, and vowed to do better if you ever had a family. You read books, even sought therapy that you paid cash for because you didn’t have insurance at the time your mom remarried.” “Stop.” Every step Tanner took away from him, Lucifer made up the difference with one of his long strides, “I know you wanted kids because you think you’d do better than what was done to you. You would give that kid every fucking thing it wanted. You’d love it so hard you’d break loose and be someone different. Someone better. I know you, Tanner Augustus Lee.” Lucifer’s eyes blazed with power. “I know, because your soul has all this imprinted in it. Every pain. Every prayer.” “Oh and you read souls now?” “Don’t have to. Mine is attached to Sara. She knows this and I see it from her eyes.” Tanner’s lungs...

This just makes me love tanner even more