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A NOTE TO THOSE WHO HAVEN’T READ DELIVER
VANQUISH is a stand-alone, BUT if you intend to read Book 1, DELIVER, DO NOT read VANQUISH first There are numerous references in this book that will spoil the surprises in DELIVER
If you don’t plan to read DELIVER, carry on
Pain Dense, h Van Quiso's shoulder and reduced him to a pathetic mouth-breather on the kitchen floor Heaviness settled over hiing beat of his heart drainedhis t-shirt
He should've known Liv Reed would be the death of hi wound,serenade beneath her breath, beckoning hi from her lips He could only hope his descent into hell would be so enthralling
He dragged his eyes heavenward and , motionless, as shock deadened the air between them She'd shot him Too damned late to take it back He wanted to slam his fist into her beautiful face Evenher scarred cheek
The cold linoleuainst his back He'd fucked her on this floor countless times, bent their joined bodies over the wobbly kitchen table, and slae until her moans drowned out the whine of the old motor
But their best moments had happened in the attic chamber, where her ass reddened under the fall of his whip as her lithe body hung fro her screams For seven years, she'd been his to discipline, fuck, mentor, and keep
Pulsating shadows fra to take himent awaited him in death, but his punisher feared hinited If he died, ould become of her?
His lungs clenched, not fro He suffocated with the need to tangle a fist in her hair and never let go She knew better than anyone the justice of his death, yet her full lips quivered Lips that tasted like butter-soft caramel
She knelt over hi around her arive to feel her tight, reluctant cunt gripping his cock one more time But she loved another man
His ribs squeezed against the swell of rejection She'd actually pulled the trigger How could she think he was going to kill her? Didn't she know he'd die without her?
Dots blotted his vision From the blood loss? Or was it the treh hi her when she was seventeen, taking her virginity without asking, and black slaves for Mr E
Despite all that, every second at her side had nurtured Van's stupid-as-shit hope that she'd grow to love hiht she abducted Joshua Carter against her will She’d fallen in love with her newest slave, and that betrayal hurt worse than the lead buried in his shoulder
But the blow that turned hio Van had sent her to reement, and the buyer brutally raped her
Renewed rage boiled in his gut If he'd gone with her, he could've protected her Sweat beaded on his lip What was he thinking? He couldn't even protect her from himself
He stared into the gorgeous, watery eyes of his first captive as her fingers caressed his jaw He'd beaten and fucked her into sub her mother Still she cried for hi in a way he couldn't rationally understand
When he'd gone after her rapist, it hadn't been so reveled in the disled screams of a man as atrocious as he hi from his hands, he'd put his exit plan in motion One that would free theether A family
But her pretty boy was ablockade to his plan Joshua hovered behind her, his ridiculous linebacker brawn flexing to finish the job if the bullet failed Despite the boy's apparent willingness to sacrifice his life for her, he couldn't protect her from their boss
Was she still trying to wrap hershe'd just learned? Her face had blanched a chilling shade of white when he'd told her Mr E was not only his father but also the police chief of Austin And he hadn't disclosed the worst of it
His pulse weakened, and his breathing thrashed He needed to get the bullet out If he survived, it would take days to recover Days he and Liv didn't have
“Have to kill hie me” Now that she knew Mr E's identity, he was certain she'd hunt down their boss and finish the job, but she needed motivation to do it quickly “He'll kill Livana” If Mr E hadn't killed her already His throat tightened, choking his breaths
“Livana?”