{MATURE +18} 

'I'm not like your previous partners, Ava.' 

'Why me?' I groan, struggling to wriggle out from under his massive body. Pausing, I meet his steely blue eyes and am ensnared by their intensity. 

'You were made for beasts like me.' 

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Returning to Black Mountain was my path to healing and closure. Yet, fate had other plans, plunging me into the heart of darkness. Here, forbidden desires and veiled secrets threaten to engulf me. Bound to those who thrive in shadows, I question: Can I ever break free? ******************************************** 

Welcome to 'Claimed,' a realm where the boundaries between desire and danger blur, where the shadows harbor more than mere darkness. 

[WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT AND DARK THEMES]

THE CLAIMING

It can’t be. No, there’s no way that it’s the same place. It can’t be the same as the one in the photos! 


Images are filling my head of the albums, of sitting on the bed in the spare room. Pictures of women in white and men in suits, photos of children. FUCK! 


It can’t be the same place. Liam would have said something if he knew me, my family, like that. He wouldn’t keep something like that from me. Would he? 


I try to remember my time with Liam, our conversations on his life, his family, his Irish family. That thought alone triggering me to recall the script written after almost every group photo, Féile an Mhad. or something. Turning to face Erin, I ask, biting into my bottom lip, "Do you have your phone with you? I don't know where mine is?" 


THE RANCH