Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)

by H.D. Carlton

He made me feel so damn loved and treasured.

At one point in our lives, we’re all afraid to die.

I tried so hard to run from him, and now all I want to do is run to him.

We’re going to burn down the world together.

You’ve always been unapologetically you.”

“It’s because I love you, Adeline Reilly. And I know you love me back. When I’m inside you, you won’t be thinking of anything else but how to get me deeper.

and if he’ll be able to let go of who I used to be and love the person I’ve become.

She’ll expect me to squeeze her tits and run my hand across her cunt, but she’s wrong. I’m not a pussy-deprived teenager that doesn’t know restraint any better than he knows how to last more than thirty seconds.

I don’t need to set this car on fire when our chemistry is like dynamite and burns everything around us.

Having Zade’s love feels like a dream, but having his trust and confidence feels like a dream come true.

when I’m lost in a nightmare, I let him hold me for a little while, feeling safer with him than I do in my own skin.

refusing to be embarrassed over appreciating another woman’s beauty.

Zade may be Hades, but the dark God has never been known to bow for anyone but his woman.

I love who you are now—someone full of both strength and vulnerability. Yet still, you carry fire in your heart, and that will never fucking change. They will never take that from you, Adeline.”