Ruthless: The Faces of Evil Series: Book 6 by Webb Debra

Author:Webb, Debra [Webb, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / Romance - Suspense, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Romance - Contemporary
ISBN: 9781455527595
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2013-08-26T22:00:00+00:00

11:55 p.m.

He stared at the moon and cursed himself.

His body ached with that relentless craving. A craving he had conquered for more than a dozen years. How could he be so helpless now… after all this time? Where was his strength?

He tightened the obedience belt to the final notch, screaming with the agony of the nails burrowing more deeply into his ribs. Still the urge would not be silenced.

She had done this to him. It was her fault. Jess Harris had become Birmingham’s sweetheart and she had ruined his life.

And now, as he stared at the bones spread on the blanket beneath the moonlight, he could barely breathe.

There was no turning back. No undoing the evil.

Dropping to his knees, he folded the blanket carefully, drawing the precious treasure into a protected bundle. He felt the blood oozing into his waistband, but he no longer cared.

Agony swelled again, bursting from his lips in low moans. He had been good for so long. His sweet Lucy and his Lord and Savior had given him the strength. The whore he’d married as a foolish young man had taken his baby girl from him. For years he had searched for a replacement to soothe his soul.

Satan had put that idea in his heart! He hadn’t meant to do it.

He’d lost control. He was weak… so weak.

But none had ever taken the place of his sweet, sweet Lucy. He’d tried to teach them, but they resisted until he sent them to heaven.

Finally the whore had died, and Lucy had come back to him.

He had walked the path of goodness since that day.

Until now.

“Forgive me, Father,” he cried as he searched the heavens for a sign. “I have broken our covenant. I am lost!”

But there would be no sign and no forgiveness this time. All was lost.

What if someone else had seen him take the girl?

Fear speared his heart. He jumped to his feet, the bundle held tightly to his chest, and rushed into the house. The dogs watched as he paced back and forth in hopes of working off some of the anxiety crushing him in its ruthless grip.

He’d always been so careful… every step meticulously calculated. Not tonight. Tonight had been filled with chaos and complications.

Complications he should have seen coming.

Think! He had to think. He’d had to move this treasure from beneath the burying tree sooner than he’d intended. The order had come and he’d had no choice.

Then he’d lost control and taken a new one.

“God, why have you forsaken me?” He wailed.

The police could be coming for him now! Harris could be coming for him!

He’d made a terrible, terrible mistake. This wasn’t part of the plan.

He hadn’t wanted to do this. But he’d seen her playing in the street… watching her… listening to her voice had roused the demon. He’d been weak and he’d lost control.

It wasn’t his fault… not his fault at all.

He moaned, the sound low and deep in his throat.

She was responsible.

Penelope curled around his leg, trying to comfort him with her rubbing and purring.

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