The Pawn and The Puppet (The Pawn and The Puppet #1)

by Brandi Elise Szeker

“Look at me,” he orders, “if he ever strikes you… You tell me immediately. I will cut off every piece of him that he believes makes him a man and shove it into his mouth until he asphyxiates.”

“Not with the way he looked at you. Didn’t you see the sun rising in his eyes? A man cannot fake that.”

“You would have seen that coming if you weren’t undressing me with those pretty green eyes,” he says.

He sighs and looks down at his hand grazing the doorknob. “You look”—starry eyes lingering on my dress and back up to my face—“so perfect tonight.”

“Yes. I’ve felt that bond to you since the moment I stepped foot in this room.” Since the moment I saw your smile.