Penelope Douglas

“I thought I was in love. I was a naïve, stupid kid. Do you know what it’s like to think someone loves you and then you find out you were nothing but meat?”

“You’ll have my kids and be my woman and fuck me, because that’s what I want.”

gasping as Aydin grabbed the gun, propped it up on the floor for leverage, and shot the bayonet down, slicing off Taylor’s pinky finger.

“I want to feel what’s mine. What’s always been mine.”

Own who you are.

Steam hung in the air of the huge beige-tiled room

He shot a glance at Michael before averting his eyes, admitting, “I guess I wanted to see if it would turn me o

Heat spread up my face, and I remembered what he’d said about not touching a woman in three years

“Did it?” I asked, barely audible. “Did it turn you on

I didn’t know why I did it, but I slipped off Michael’s shirt and let it fall to floor, feeling Michael tense next to me.

Kai kept his head level but his eyes were on the floor, staring at the shirt.