Defaced: A Dark Romance Novel (The Monster Trilogy Book 1) by Marissa Farrar

Author:Marissa Farrar [Farrar, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
Amazon: B0175O1B5G
Publisher: Warwick House Press
Published: 2015-11-28T18:30:00+00:00

Fourteen

As they passed the door of the clinic and walked, side by side, farther down the hallway, Lily’s heart picked up its pace. She’d never been this far away from her room since she’d been brought here.

She was already feeling strung out from the coffee, amazed at the effect when she’d not had any for several weeks, and she clamped down on her spiraling exhilaration, wanting to stay focused.

The long hallway came to a t-section, and Monster turned right. Several other heavy, dark wood doors led off the corridor, and Lily wondered what was behind them. Finally the corridor opened up into a large open entrance hall. A wide, wooden staircase rose up from the center, leading to a small landing where the staircase then divided in two. A second corridor led away to what appeared to be a second wing similar to the one she’d been kept on, and a couple of other rooms led off the main entrance hall.

Most importantly, above the staircase and the landing area, was a window.

Lily gasped.

Bright sunlight poured in through the window, spilling in shafts down the expensive looking, patterned rug on the stairs. The sky beyond was a glorious blue, and she caught glimpses of green where the branches of trees fluttered just beyond. She blinked in the sudden brightness, but didn’t want to close her eyes against it for fear of it being one of the last times she’d see the light.

“Oh, my God,” she breathed.

Monster frowned at her. “What’s wrong?”

“I’d forgotten how beautiful the sunlight is.”

A remorseful smile touched his lips. “Yes, I remember how that was.”

If you remember, she wanted to scream, how could you do the same thing to someone else?

For the moment, she stayed quiet. She didn’t want to give him any reason to turn her around and march her straight back to her prison. At least now she knew how to reach the front door. Quickly, she flitted her gaze around, trying to spot a telephone, but she didn’t see one.

“Through there,” said Monster, nodding to the right, “is the kitchen and eating area. To the left, is the living room, though I tend to use it more as an office than anything else. I don’t have many guests who I care to spend the evenings with. The second wing of the house contains the gym and swimming pool. A large conservatory runs across the back of the house.”

“What about Tudor?” she asked. “Don’t you spend evenings with him?”

She was trying to get an idea of who would be in the house at any one time.

“Tudor has his own living quarters upstairs. He works for me. We don’t socialize together.”

But he cares about you, she almost said, but managed to keep her mouth shut. She was getting good at that.

Except Monster noticed she’d held something back. “Say what you were going to say.”

She gave her head a brief shake. “It’s nothing. I just thought that you and Tudor seemed like more than business associates.”

“He’s known me my whole life.

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