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Cruz erupted, filling me with his seed, his roar an indication of how he felt. There was something so magical about being together, although somewhere in the back of my mind I knew the nightmare wasn’t over.
It couldn’t be.
The game wasn’t finished.
And the image of my death invaded the joyful happiness.
CHAPTER19
“No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his own rage.”
—Hannibal Lecter
Cruz
Possession was in of itself just another part of the rage that had dwelt within me for years. It had torn me apart, dragging the ugliest part of me from the depths of my soul. Enough so, I’d believed I had no capabilities of allowing light or goodness into my system.
Then I met Eden.
I no longer wanted to think of her as Carmella. She wasn’t that girl any longer. Things had changed, morphed into something only fate had a handle on.
Love.
It wasn’t supposed to happen for a man like me. I was far too disturbed to handle a normal relationship. At least that’s what I’d thought up until now. But it burned inside of me as brightly as the fury once had, keeping the embers ignited with every passing thought about her. I’d promised her freedom, when all I could think about was caging her.
Keeping her.
Possessing her.
I was still locked in the same madness, only this time I didn’t want to destroy, but to nurture. I laughed softly to myself as I swirled the bourbon in my hand. I was no longer certain of who I was any longer.
Maybe I was nothing without her.
My beautiful goddess.
My Aphrodite.
“Earth to Cruz,” Alessandro huffed from behind me.
I turned away from the window, giving him a hard look. “I’m here at your request.”
“But you’re a thousand miles away.”
“Maybe.”
“Or I should say, your mind is centered around your beautiful captive.” He seemed amused instead of angry, although my game with her had compromised our business. Honestly? I couldn’t care less.
“She is unlike any creature I’ve ever met.”
“Except Annie.”
I took a deep breath, returning my gaze to the garden outside his house. “Perhaps, but as time goes by and people age, they want different things.”
“You love her.”
“Yes.”
“And you’re going to keep her.”
