Breaking Beth (The Beth Series Book 1) by Jennifer Bene

Author:Jennifer Bene [Bene, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

The bed shifted, her arm tugged out from under the pillow, and Beth groaned as she fought to stay asleep. In sleep there had been an endless peace, like sinking to the bottom of a warm, dark pool. Serene and quiet. But she felt strong fingers press her wrist against something, and then the crackling rip of Velcro tore her eyes open.

A dark shape above her, backlit by the light from the bathroom, but when he lifted his head… he looked wrong. Shoulders too broad, hair too short.

“You’re awake. Good.”

No. His voice was wrong too. Panic flared to life inside her, finding new fuel as he pressed a knee to the bed to lean forward and wrap a black strip around her thigh. “Stop,” she half-demanded, half-begged the stranger above her.

Because that’s what he was, a stranger. A new threat.

She tried to raise her hands but found that one was tethered to the thigh closest to him by a matching black strip. Her confusion allowed him to stretch the Velcro and attach it to her thigh. “NO!” she shouted, desperate, sitting up to rip at the slick fabric around her other wrist, but he pulled her hand away, grip too strong to fight.

Had he sold her already? Was this it?

“Please, don’t…” she begged as he forced her arm to her thigh, joining it to the wide strap by the attached cuff, leaving her defenseless. No matter how she twisted her hands, she couldn’t break free, couldn’t bend her fingers enough to get a grip on the Velcro to pull it open.

The man walked away from her, towards the door, and for a moment she thought he might leave — but then the lights came on. Vicious, too bright. She flinched away from them, dropped back on the bed, clenching her eyes tight.

“Beth.” It was the surprising use of her name that made her look at him again. Stunned by the sound of it, because there had been so many degrading names spoken by the other one in the days he’d had her, but never her name. Only once, that first night, in this bed.

“Please…” She didn’t even know why she whispered it, why the word escaped her lips so soft and pathetic. It was ridiculous to think he would help her, he had just tethered her wrists to her thighs, but she still looked up at him with foolish hope.

“Do you know who I am?” he asked. Attractive like the other one, but more warm. More human. There was a subtle smile on his lips, a curve to his mouth that rang true as his eyes roamed over her skin.

She shook her head slowly, hoping to delay whatever was coming next.

“Interesting.” He pulled off his jacket and tossed it onto the chair in the corner. Then his shirt followed, and she held her breath. Carved abs, a sculpted chest, broad shoulders and strong arms. The flicker of attraction to his body was short-lived, because he stepped forward to brush his fingers over the strap holding her right wrist down.

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