Mastering the Devil (Rush Series Book 4) by LR Potter

Author:LR Potter [Potter, LR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-07-17T00:00:00+00:00

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A sharp stabbing pain in her shoulder jolted Devon awake. Her eyelids felt so heavy, she struggled to open them. Disoriented, her mind swirled as she struggled, still with her eyes closed, to remember why she was sleeping sitting up, and why her shoulder pained her so. Had she gotten drunk the night before? Her head certainly pounded as if she had. With as much strength as she could muster, she forced her eyelids to open, then blinked furiously at the brilliance of the sunlight now streaming into the room.

Her eyes finally focused enough to see Cash’s still body prone in the hospital bed, a thin white blanket covering his lower half. His bared chest pale in contrast to the redness of his arms and shoulders.

In a rush, the events of the day before flooded her mind and her senses. Her heart clutched so painfully in her chest she gasped at the pain of it. It seemed that all the feelings and emotions she’d evaded the day before came now with a vengeance. She panted against it and raised a fist to stifle the whimpers which seemed to come from way down deep in her soul.

Like in slow rewind, or more like her life flashing before her eyes, all the events since the time she reached out her hand and clutched the map with Miguel’s position marked on it, came to her in an agonizing, slamming rush. Unable to remain sitting upright in her chair, her body of its own volition slumped to the floor jarring her shoulder, but she welcomed the pain… deserved the pain.

Curling into herself, she wrapped her unbound arm around herself and lay on the cold tiled floor and sobbed as silently as she could, trying hard not to wake up Cash. She wished more than anything now that she’d heeded the doctor’s words and had gone to her own room. Fire, just as hot as the explosion – and just as powerful – consumed her chest. She released her waist to press her hand against her chest, seeking relief. Had she known how things would turn out, she’d just have let Miguel give her to Lex Vega.

That day in Miguel’s office five years before seemed to be the turning point in all their lives. Had she just gone along with it, Roman would still be alive; her mother would be with Miguel – but still alive; and she would never have met Alex Masters. Was there anything the horrible and disgusting Lex Vega could have done to her that would have been as bad as what she was currently enduring? No, she didn’t think so. What did she do now? She had no home… no clothes… and soon wouldn’t have a job. She’d end up like the dozens of people they encountered everyday living on the street in cardboard boxes.

Eventually, her tears and sobs subsided, leaving only the anguish behind. She continued to lie on the cool tiles, not having the strength or desire to rise.

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