The Underground by Jenika Snow

Author:Jenika Snow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jenika Snow

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Adrian stilled his movements at the feel of her tensing above him. “Brea?” What they’d just shared had been incredible, more than that really, but now there was something between them, this wall that had been erected.

Her breathing had changed from the ecstatic, quick pants of a female well loved, to the erratic rhythm of someone uncomfortable.

The raised skin on her back had him cursing internally. What the fuck had that asshole done to her?

When she tried to climb off him, he wanted to hold her tighter, but he knew she needed her space. It was the last thing he wanted to do—let her go—but he wouldn’t push her.

“Baby?” She rolled off him but kept her back away from his view. “Talk to me. Please.” It didn’t matter that the desperation in his voice was thicker than honey. This small, fragile female before him, the woman he realized he loved more than his own life, had suffered something horrible.

What he wouldn’t give to be in the cage right now, beating the living shit out of the bastard who’d done this to her.

“Look at me, pretty girl.” He wanted to see her face without streaks of drying tears or the residue of fear. He wanted to erase all her bad memories and replace them with ones that she could smile at when she looked back.

She finally lifted her head and stared at him. There was no fear, no sadness, but there was a shame that covered her like a second skin. The light strands of her hair created a curtain, partially shielding her from view.

“It’s the one part of my body that disgusts me.” Goddamn, but she sounded so lost. It ate at his soul. What could he do to make things better, to make her feel safe with him?

He wanted to touch her, but he didn’t know if it would be welcome. “Brea, there is nothing you can say or do, nothing in this world that would make me feel anything but love for you.” He hadn’t meant to tell her, not now at least. It seemed too soon, and if the shocked look on her face was anything to go by, she thought that as well.

She exhaled on a shaky breath, glanced away, and he wanted nothing more than to reach out and pull her close.

“He did this to you?” Although he knew the answer before he’d even asked the question. Bringing his hand to cup her cheek, he waited until her gaze met his.

“Yeah. He gave me these,” she said and presented her back to him. “He gave me these right before I left him.”

He pulled her onto his lap, cradling her body, needing to hold her as much as she needed the comfort. There was a part of him that didn’t want her to say another word because he felt like this time her pain was caused by him. Her head was against his chest.

“I want to kill him, Brea.” He said the words before he could stop them.

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