Last Hope
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We only met once. The attraction was off the charts. A year later, I’m on the run from a life that left me for dead and land on his doorstep. Can we rekindle what we once had?
In my world, darkness has a name. I've seen darkness. And looked straight into his eyes. I've lived through darkness. Since I was a little girl.
One night. It only took one night for me to think I deserved different. That I deserved better. His name was Riley Burns, the famous music manager responsible for Carter Hills’s worldwide success. The chemistry we shared that night was off-the-charts. In a blink of an eye, it got stolen from me.
After the man I despise has left me for dead, I ran away. Ready to put as much distance between us as possible. Because this time, even using his powerful connections, he won't find me. I'll make sure of it.
My safe haven has no idea I'm coming. That I need his help. And the safety he can provide me.
A year has gone by since we met on that rooftop. Will he remember me? Will he be a safe place to heal my wounds? Or was I just an encounter in his life?
Standing on his front porch, I have nowhere else to go. Alone and scarred, I pray this time, darkness won’t have a foothold on me. I'm ready to fight back, to get control over my own life, and put my past behind, once and for all.
Can I finally let the seeds of hope he planted into my heart that night grow, or should I keep running for my life?
Last Hope is a standalone in the Carter Hills Band universe. It's book one in the Upon A Star series.
*Due to mature subject, this book is only suitable for people over 18 years of age.
I blew out a cleansing breath and erased my browser history.
I’d become so good over the years at hiding everything I did. It had become second nature to me. Protecting myself and the ones I loved. No matter the cost.
An email popped up on my screen.
Another job order.
I pumped my fist, ready to celebrate.
“Girl, get some champagne,” I said to myself. I wished I had people to party with. Friends who’d be proud of what I’d accomplished. All by myself.
I blinked the emotions threatening to put out the fireworks shooting inside me.
I deserved to applaud every single one of my milestones, no matter how small they were.
After all, where was life, if not in the little things that made it wonderful? No matter how hard the rest seemed. Yes, the little things, details that could look insignificant from an outsider’s point of view but deserved as much love as big accomplishments.
Champagne. Yes, I’d celebrate my own success. On my own terms.
Work had never been so steady before. Great things would happen. I could feel it. A shift in the air. Or a good fortune.
I changed into a comfy sweater and a pair of worn-out jeans, added a coat of pink lipstick and some mascara.
Humming a song, I traipsed toward the kitchen counter to fetch my purse and car keys to fulfill my bubbly mission.
A loud pound resonated on the door.
My glee died, buried ten feet deep.
My cheerful heart turned to stone in my chest.
A cold shiver ran from my head to my toes.
My pulse thrummed heavy and strong.
I sensed him before he even opened his mouth.
Something dense clogged my airways.
My spine trembled at the idea of being used as a punching bag once again.
All the oxygen left my lungs, and my head turned.
Tears brimmed in my eyes.
Why? Why couldn’t he leave me alone? The hammering on the door intensified. It fractured more pieces of my heart. Little fragments I could never retrieve.
Robbie had a key. He usually let himself in. No matter the time. Maybe he lost it. Perhaps I could pretend to not be here and he would go away. Find another way to dissipate his anger. Find another someone who wasn’t me.
Because Robbie only came here if wrath bubbled inside him, and he had an urge to unwind.
And only if he was wasted. As if being drunk was an excuse to beat me senseless. Like he couldn’t bring himself to do it when sober.
Some part of him still cared for me. At least I hoped.
But his demons were bigger, faster, stronger, and they robbed him of everything that had once been good in him.
Sober Robbie, even using hurtful words, only manhandled me. Sober Robbie didn’t beat the shit out of me. Sober Robbie wasn’t that much of a monster. Sober Robbie had restraint. Sober Robbie could stop himself before it was too late.
Drunk Robbie was unpredictable. Drunk Robbie relished hurting me. Drunk Robbie enjoyed the violence. And the domination over another human being.
Drunk Robbie stole all my innocence.
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- Sweet Agony
- Cruel Destiny (Second Tear duet book #1)
- Beautiful Salvation (Second Tear duet book #2)
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- Brittle Scars (BreathLess duet book #2)
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