Stacey E. Haught

Beatrice Halifax's entire life has been controlled, sheltered inside the four walls of her family's house she had no hope of ever escaping. Until she was given an opportunity. One year to live her life in freedom. One year that would end in marriage. But just when the year is about to conclude a new man comes to town, one who threatens to completely unravel Beatrice's world. Lies surface and trust is broken as Beatrice is forced to face the truth about her family's past. Power corrupted this game, now she's the only one who can stop them.

Power is created by Stacey E. Haught, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

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For the first hour of the car ride Garrison let me process in silence, when the silence became too much, he filled the silence with country music. Between the music and passing landscape, my body finally gave into the exhaustion, unwillingly falling into a fitful sleep. Unwanted imagery filled my dreams, giving pictures to the stories that I knew and those that I was just learning. I woke up somewhere I didn't know, in a car with a man I barely knew, trusting once more purely based on my instincts that had a shitty track record.


"I have to pee," I spoke through the gravel in my throat, rubbing my face with my hand.


"She awakes." Garrison teased, I wasn't anywhere near the mood to handle being teased, and neither was my bladder.


"You snore." Garrison who apparently was a glutton for my wrath observed.


"If you don't pull over soon, I'm going to urinate all over this nice SUV." I threatened.


Chapter 39: Rule #39: Lovers of Power Are Prone to Abuse It.