These Vile Secrets (Enclave, #1)

by C.E. Ricci

"Are you done eye-fucking me from across the bar and ready to get out of here? Or is playing coy your style?"

"I could be your favorite mistake, baby."

"You're so fucking beautiful when you lose control. I wish you'd let yourself do it more."

All I can do is stare at him and want and crave his touch.

"I bet my cum tastes a thousand times better on your tongue than all those lies.

"I don't fucking bottom." "And I don't fucking share."

And here I thought sassy Hale was just as sexy as dommy Hale. Insecure Hale, though? Timid and unsure Hale? He takes the motherfucking cake.

"Walls are built for a reason, Rome. To be impenetrable. To keep people out." To keep what's inside safe. His eyes search mine again, a sad smile in them. "Good thing I know how to climb."