Stockholm: A Dark, Captivity Romance (Angel of Mercy Book 1) by L Taylor

Author:L Taylor [Taylor, L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2025-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

The Kept

As crazy as it sounds, we start to fall into a comfortable routine. Everything that happened on my anniversary changed how I felt in the house. I’m still locked into my room each night by Noah, and I can feel his eyes on me when I’m stuck in there through the cameras. He likes watching me.

Wild, but I like to know that he is.

Aside from that, things are drastically different. In the morning, my door is unlocked and I’m allowed to spend the day on the first floor of the house. For what feels like a hunting cabin, the place is pretty spacious. It’s got kind of an open concept thing going on, so for the most part I’m still being watched by someone, but if I ignore that, it’s like having a long sleepover with Bo.

I’d filled him in hushed tones the morning after Noah had touched me. I’d expected his sharp condemnation—after all he’s family to Eric—but instead his eyes widened and his smile grew.

“I knew it,” he hissed, causing Noah and Jesse to look in our direction until I smacked him in the arm. Noah smirked, and I’m sure he’d guessed what we’re talking about.

My face had flamed.

“This isn’t a good thing. How am I any better than Eric I…cheated?” My brow furrows at my own question. Eric hadn’t just cheated, he’d been with underage girls. Nothing I do would ever put us on the same morality level.

“Easy. Fuck him. Blood doesn’t mean I owe him a blind loyalty, Em. And he didn’t just cheat. What we know now is that he was a pig, and you’ve always deserved better.” He points behind him to where Noah stands. “That’s what better looks like, by the way.”

I realize how comfortable I’ve gotten with Jesse and Noah when other men from Mercy show up the next day, carrying bags into the kitchen. It’s easy to forget that this house really belongs to a mercenary group. The fact that they exclusively take contracts on the worst men in society doesn’t take away from the fact that these men are intimidating.

It also cements in my mind that they look at Noah and Jesse as their superiors. Noah’s dad seems to be at the top, his direct family members right below him.

A pair of men named Patrick and Landon seem to show up almost every day. Patrick, the older man, chats with them in lowered voices, often bringing files and other important looking things. The younger man he rides with carries in bags or requested items, and seems to take everything much less seriously than his partner.

“So this is the girl everyone’s in a row about. I’ve heard so much about you,” he said one day after dropping grocery bags on the kitchen island. His eyes had seemed friendly enough and I’d returned a small, nervous smile while Bo’s brow had furrowed at the interaction.

He turned my head back to him with his hand under my chin. “Don’t look at him, he’s not supposed to talk to you.

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