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Killian Thorne's black Merced
lat
hirt all morning, pacing the length of ou
n the kitchen, hands wrapped around a
omething, say something, but what was the po
run, kissed her forehead, and promised I'd help her with her math hom
ow and watched him
ook like a monster. Tha
luxury magazine. His suit probably cost more than our house. He moved with the kind of
people like us. They existed above it, looki
ecided I was
ked. He was trying to sound auth
yet. Let him swea
orbell
g, but I was faster. I stepped in front of him, met h
" I said
it. Good. He should be afraid of me. If I was going
ed the
Like he owned everything. His eyes found mine immediately, and
sfac
s, my father's drinking buddies, boys at school who
collector looks at a rare pie
was alr
tilted my chin up just enough to sho
hat might have been a smile if i
probably known everything about me bef
r practically tripped over himself, gesturing to our sad excuse
mpletely. His attentio
n said without loo
I... I thought we
d like he'd been shoved, disappearing into the kitchen where
ere
liberate, studying me like I was
though every instinct
utiful than I remembe
er's debt three weeks ago. I'd been coming down t
maybe five seconds.
my father's debt
r payment," I sai
me fo
?" I asked, letting i
his eyes. Amusement,
and his gaze dropped briefly to the
out me interested him. I f
keep. You're here to collect. Let's
ved closer still, and I could smell his cologne now. Exp
w does i
jacket and pulled ou
was unwrapping a gift. "You sign this.
g in the air betwe
h wife," I
he didn't like that number be
are irreleva
they
N
irrelevant. They
his face. Then that dangerous smile returned,
his pupils dilate slightly. "I know what I am to you, Mr. Thorne. I'm the payment for my
me with an intensity that would have mad
the most exquisite thing I've ever seen, and I don't share. I don't
. Or I'll take you
rld st
racked. Just for a second, but
dn't," I
ifteen. Sweet girl
word came out
, hated him, hated my father for putting
n softened into som
nderstand
ila was my weak spot, my only weakness,
dn't bother reading it. What did it matter
I said
cket, handed it to me with
p, angry strokes. Cassia
rl," he
the rage burning in my eyes. "
sed. Thrilled, even. Like I'd just con
aid. "Pack light. Everythin
ay goodbye t
N
use
the contract back into his jacket, then reached out and caugh
She can't know where you're going, C
reat wrapp
away from
e a mo
y. "But I'm your monst

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