Sin (Tilly)

I should have run the other way. Paid my tab and gone back to my room. But he was there. And he was…everything. I figured, what's the harm in letting passion rule my decisions for one night? So what if he looks like the Devil in a suit? I'd be leaving in the morning, flying home to my pleasant but predictable life. I'd never see him again. Except I do. In the last place I expected. And now everything I've worked so hard for is in jeopardy. We can't stop what we've started, but this is bigger than the two of us. And when his past comes back to haunt him, love might not be enough to save me.

Beth It started with tragedy. And secrets. Hidden truths that refused to stay buried have come out to chase me. Now I'm on the run, living under a blanket of constant fear, pretending to be someone I'm not. And if I'm not really me, how am I supposed to know what's real? Angelo Watch the girl. It was supposed to be a simple assignment. But, like everything else in this family, there's nothing simple about it. Not my task. Not her fake name. And not my feelings for her. Beth is mine now. So when the monsters from her past come out to play, they'll have to get through me first.

I'm so sick of watching the world spin by, of letting people think I'm plain and boring, too afraid to just be myself. Then I see him-John. He's strength, and fury, and unapologetic. He's everything I want. And everything I wish I was. He won't want me, but that doesn't matter. The sight of him is all the inspiration I need to finally shatter this glass house I've built around myself. Only he does want me. And when our worlds collide, details we can't see become tangled, twisting together, ensnaring us in an invisible trap. When it all goes wrong, I don't know if I'll be able to break free of the chains binding us or if I'll suffocate in the process.