Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)

by H.D. Carlton

weeping

I would give ANYTHING to never see this word used in this context again.

Why does Zade wanting to kill a man over a sleazy comment most men would say make me want to repeat the favor he stole from me in my driveway? This time I’d be much more… willing.

Don’t be fooled. He’s made plenty of misogynistic comments in his head about you. Zade is not altruistic toward women. He ultimately sees them as a means to an end and uses them to assuage his own conscience. If he even has one

That would be something Mark latched onto. Gigi was beautiful, but who the fuck cares about personalities, right?

Not you considering you’re justifying a literal psychopath

Had I left you and Archie alone, you would've been hurt and traumatized,

Like she was after you...??

“The life she would’ve had to live would’ve been far more painful than where she is now.”

Bad take

Sometimes people just aren’t meant to live through that trauma. A shell of who they could’ve been. Broken and fighting every day not to die.

Very bad takee

If Addie and I have a daughter, I hope she has some goddamn sense and prefers black.

Girls are allowed to like whatever they want. Icky take

Did Barney come in here and shit everywhere?

Barney is purple

wouldn’t hold it past them.

Wouldn't put it past them

But I know that I would’ve woken up the next day and hated myself. Because I would’ve slept with a stalker, a murderer and a man who has forced himself on me on several occasions. I would’ve slept with a man who doesn’t respect my boundaries, my personal space, or the word no.

“What you’re seeing now is what I see every day. No matter how far I run, how hard I try to escape you—you’re everywhere I go. You’re everything I see. Loving you is like being trapped in a house of mirrors, little mouse. And I’ve never felt so at home while being so lost inside you.”

YOU. DO. NOT. LOVE. HER. You are obsessed. You want to consume her. Love would honor and protect her autonomy. You have never done that.

“I would let them watch. I would let them watch me claim you as mine and own every inch of your body. They would watch my cock fill every one of your holes and then watch you cry because of how hard you came. And then I’d fucking kill them. My cock would still be wet from your cum as I’d slice their throats for even daring to look at what’s mine.”

Zade, I already knew you were unhinged but this is just… extra and gross. I hate the visual I had of this. Also, nothing he’s saying is even sexy it’s just creepy 😬

“You will learn to love it,”

No matter how good the sex is, it will get old eventually and you’ll be left with a psychopath that has stripped away your identity. This is a tragedy

I don’t have small breasts by any means, I was blessed with good genes.

Such a bitchy thing to say. “I don’t have small tits like other loser girls with bad genes.” Hate this. HDC is not a girls girl evidently

With a single flick of his hands, my actions creep in no stealthier than a bank robber in a vault full of money.

What does this mean

black lacy thong.

Always black lacy undergarments

Two severe knife wounds

Hey so a wound would be an open cut still - you gotta add a modifier for clarity

“I don't hide from my failures.”

You don’t accept responsibility for them either 💀

I choke on air

You would, Addie

Not unless I suddenly accept death via dick one day.

This is cringey - beyond cringey, even. Hate this

Thick thighs, tight round ass, and a defined back that I want to rub myself all over, and the most beautiful cock I’ve ever seen. I want to run away. Far, far away.

Every time I’m cursed with your internal monologue I take your mom’s side, and I am NEVER one to take the mom’s side. Addie your mind makes no sense

“I don’t want you to ask me,” I say slowly.

A couple things here: This could be seen as taking it from rape to dub con, but HE HASN’T READ HER MIND. He doesn’t know she’s thinking “yes, and I want it to be forced” This is so close but still no dice. Consent must be communicated and enthusiastic

“You like being a bad little girl, don’t you? You like to defy me because you love it when I scare you. You’re a silly little girl playing with fire,” he taunts, a cruel snarl on his face.

Again with the “little girls” New theory: Zade kills pedophiles as an act of self loathing because he sees it in himself. A lot of his fetishizing is pedo coded

That’s the first thing I learned when I was put in Catholic school as a child.

Weird way to just throw this detail in there

“That’s such a good girl,” he praises. “I love it when you’re scared and begging.”

As if we need a reminder why he’s unhinged

“Goddamn, Addie, I can barely fucking fit.”

This is… not how human anatomy works. I hate this trope. It’s not sexy and fun when things are like this. It’s painful and traumatic

milk my fucking cock,”

This is one of my biggest icks in smut.

filling me with his seed

Another ick

But how can I feel like a god, yet be completely stripped of power when it comes to her?

At no point have you allowed yourself to be stripped of power. This is not even a thing

It doesn't impact me at the end of the day,

Incorrect when you’re using weapons and committing murder together 💀

She physically relaxes at the use of her nickname. At me declaring her as my friend.

Why are you nice to every woman except Addie

The President is just a puppet, and these people who refer to themselves as the Society—they hold the real power.

The Q-Anon is just… wow.

As if showing any amount of skin is a goddamn invitation to be raped and kidnapped.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: YOU HAVE NO MORAL HIGH GROUND, ZADE. You ALSO raped her. You have done all the bad stuff to her already. Your reasoning is not more pure than theirs; it doesn’t matter.

I’d love nothing more than to return the favor.

You always talk about doing nice things for her but you never do

They'll be here quick if I lie and say I'm in serious danger,

You would literally not be lying and the fact you don’t GET that is what’s crazy

When I don’t answer, he smiles. “I think my little mouse is a liar,” he growls the last word into my ear, sending violent tremors throughout my body.

Hey so if someone says they’re not going to let you f them and you ask if they’d rather die and they don’t say yes, that isn’t a NO. God I hate him so much

I snap my mouth shut, tears burning my retinas.

Basic human anatomy 💀

yellow thong,

Oooh yellow for once.

nearly causes permanent eye damage from how hard they roll.

Ironically this is what's happening to me right now

retinas

You keep using retina where iris or pupil should be

“Let me feel you fall in love,” he whispers.

This premise is utterly absurd

His seed nearly bursts from me when he pulls out, the thick semen streaming down my legs like the raindrops on the windows.

Ew

Addie doesn’t deserve that. She doesn’t deserve to have her body used so I can escape my demons.

Thats literally all you've done this whole book

I can tell the girl can hit, but fists don’t affect me these days. I’ve grown too accustomed to the bite of a bullet instead.

The eyeroll I just experienced

This tells me this is more of an intimate affair with few people who are trusted enough not to shoot the place up.

“Just kidding, dude,” he assures, his hands raised in surrender. “I like my women willing.”

Not Jay being a greener flag than Zade

“Sounds to me like you don’t understand a woman’s body well enough to know when it sings for you, even when her mouth tries to resist.”

So much ick

Daya whips around, grabbing the bottle of Grey Goose sitting on the counter. “This calls for a celebratory shot.

I dont think ive read a single scene where theyre not getting wasted

Because somehow a man that wouldn't care if I ate his food fell in love with me. That's so fucking cute.

The bar is in hell

“To be accepted into our family tonight, is to give your soul over to Satan. Do you understand?”

Wow. Satanic Panic coded