Sinful Bargain: A Dark Apocalypse Romance (The Kings and Queens of the Apocalypse Book 4) by L.J. Anderson & Ashlyn Fables

Author:L.J. Anderson & Ashlyn Fables [Anderson, L.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fabled Passages
Published: 2022-10-25T18:30:00+00:00

12

THERAPY FOR ONE

BROOKE

If Gabriel thought his cruel treatment of me would turn me off to him, he was wrong.

For some inexplicable reason, his cold shoulder only invokes my desire, turning me on far more than when he treats me gently.

After he stormed off to the other room, I masturbated two times, my imagination running wild with thoughts that I’m sure would land me in therapy.

I keep telling myself I should hate him. I want to hate him. But with those dark, angry feelings comes a stowaway—lust.

The door to the other room opens and Gabriel steps out, a scowl on his handsome face. I sit on the sofa bed as he storms around the small apartment, purposefully avoiding my gaze.

I know better than to be offended. The only reason he’s acting so resentful is that he’s in such deep conflict. He thought he was going to be the hero of my story, and he’s found himself the villain.

The truth is, there are no heroes left in this world, and I crave the bad parts of him more than I do the good.

He tears open drawer after drawer, grabbing various articles of clothing which he tosses next to me. I let him throw his little fashion tantrum because the alternative is him storming back into his room and ignoring me again. Which would admittedly turn me on, because this apocalypse fucked me up more than any therapist could help with.

When he’s finally done looting through the drawers, he goes to a cabinet, pulls out a box, and tosses it on the bed.

“Eat these.”

The box is filled with granola bars.

“Um…all at once?”

“If I’m going to take you out, you’re not going to be the scrawny thing you are now. Admittedly, this isn’t the best food and you’ll eat better at the Keep, but it’s what we got.”

At the mention of going outside, my heart lightens.

“You’re really going to take me out?”

“Yeah, but there’s a lot of shit we need to cover first. It’s going to take some time.”

“Like?”

“How to protect yourself.”

I nod, excited at the prospect of seeing what the world has become.

He picks up a sweater he’d previously thrown. “You’re going to wear layers. That way, if something bites you, it won’t automatically break flesh, and you’ll have a minute to react.”

“Okay…am I going to get a gun?”

“No, but you wouldn’t want to use one, anyway. The noise would attract the dead. At the Keep, you can shoot at the range, if you’d like, but in the greater world, you’ll be swinging a sword.”

“Is it hard?”

“When done correctly, yeah. Don’t waste energy. You want to be efficient with your swings. It’s better to give one firm swing to the neck than three light ones to the body.”

“Got it.”

“Didn’t I tell you to eat?”

I look at the box of granola. “I’ll eat one—”

“You’ll eat them all.”

“There’s no way—”

“You don’t get a say in this. Going out takes a heck of a lot of energy, and you look as brittle as a fawn. It’ll be days before you’re fattened up enough.

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