Part of you will always want to escape. To be free from the shackles you spent your whole life tied to. But when she finally escaped from under my thumb, I wanted nothing more than to chase her down.
Seven years ago, she left me with nothing but unanswered questions and a heart that never quite healed. I tried to move on. I tried to bury the memories of what we were and everything we lost.
But some things refuse to stay buried.
I want to save her.
I want to love her.
I want to cherish her.
Part of my heart is still tender from the betrayal, from her leaving, and from everything that happened almost seven years ago. The beast in me won't settle, not until I have her firmly in my grasp, not until I have her sitting in my lap on my throne.
Because no matter how much time has passed, she is still my Queen.
I thought I killed the main threat, but there is still someone barking orders. But what they don't realize is that they are lambs compared to me. I will kill them all to protect her, my Queen.
What I didn't expect was for the past to follow me straight to her doorstep.
But when I show up on her doorstep, so does trouble, but they're not after me. They're here for Alissa and our family, but what they don't know, is that they have to get through me first.
And if they think the man I used to be was dangerous, they have no idea what I'll become when they threaten the woman I spent seven years trying to forget.
But protecting our family may be easier than protecting what we've rebuilt between us. Seven years changed us. We've both carried secrets, wounds, and memories that never truly disappeared.
Now, with our wedding approaching, we're finally standing on the other side of everything that once tore us apart.
Or so I thought.
Because enemies aren't the only thing capable of destroying a family.
Sometimes, the people you love can do far more damage than the ones hunting you.
But how long after the wedding bells will our happy little family last, and will it be the man hunting us that drives us apart, or will we do it for him?
