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need to know what Charles has been hiding.
My hand curls around the big metal lock and I give it a hard pull while hearing the rattle louder on the other side. The lock slips out of place with a loud bang and my heart races.
I let out a shaky breath and grab the handle while readying myself to run. The door is heavy and I give it a hard yank, trying to prepare myself for what’s on the other side.
The room is in darkness but as the door slowly swings open, the light from the wine cellar seeps in and lights it up.
A loud gasp travels up my throat and my hand tightens around the wine bottle as a grinning, malnourished, and beat Jude Carter stares back at me.
“Well, well,” Jude says, yanking on the thick chains that keep him locked in the room. His eyes travel up and down my body as he licks his lips. “I guess Colton finally decided to deliver me a little gift after all. Why don’t you come over here and let me finish you off?”
His voice sends chills sweeping over my body, reminding me of the way he touched me, the way he violated and raped me, and I can’t allow that to go unpunished.
I have to do something.
A darkness seeps into my soul, a darkness I wasn't aware that I possessed and for a brief moment, I feel for Nic as I finally begin to understand him, understand the bloodlust, and the need to take justice into my own hands.
It’s been three weeks since he raped me and three weeks of people desperately searching for him. If I was to let him go, I risk him coming back and I risk him telling people where he’s been. I can’t allow that to happen. I can always go to the authorities but just like the poor girl that came before me, she was called a liar and he got away with it without even a slap on the wrist. I’d rather die than let that happen.
There’s only one thing for me to do—I have to kill him. I have to end this.
I raise my chin and step into the secret room, realizing that this isn’t Charles’ dirty little secret at all, it’s Colton’s. He’s kept him chained down here for three weeks, lying every time someone asked him if he knew what had happened, lying when he told me that he had no idea where he was, lying, lying, lying. Just like Nic. Just like Sebastian, Kairo, and Elijah.
I’m done listening to the men in my life decide what truths they want me to know. I’m done being the pathetic girl who lets a man walk all over her. I’m done waiting for revenge and I’m done having these men dictate my life.
My time is now.
I make my decisions.
My hand curls tighter around the neck of the wine bottle and I slam it against the metal door, listening to the sweet sound of the glass breaking and leaving me with nothing but jagged, sharp edges, the perfect weapon to slice across his neck, the same way Nic had done with those men in his clubhouse.
My eyes meet Jude’s through the darkened room and I don’t care how much Colton has beaten and tortured him over the past three weeks, it will never be enough. I have to do this, not only for me, but for the other girl he hurt.
All sense of right and wrong leave me and as I take another step deeper into the secret room, a sick, twisted smile spreads wide over my face and I watch as Jude realizes just how far I'll go to protect my sanity.
“Time to say your prayers, fucker. Your time is up.”
Rejects Paradise Series Playlist
Game of Survival - Ruelle
I’m Gonna Show You Crazy - Bebe Rexha
Nightmare - Halsey
Never Tear Us Apart - Bishop Briggs
Bird Set Free - Sia
Helium - Sia
Dusk Till Dawn - Zayn feat Sia
Heaven - Julia Michaels
Graveyard - Halsey
Bad Bitch - Bebe Rexha
Love Drug - G-Easy feat Halsey
Hurricane - Tommee Profitt
Unloveable - Delacey
Power - Isak Danielson
Cruel Intentions - Delacey feat G-Easy
Not Afraid Anymore - Halsey
Unstoppable - Sia
Monsters - Tommee Profitt
Can’t Help Falling In Love - Tommee Profitt
Angel Cry - G-Easy feat Devon Baldwin
Bad At Love - Halsey
Creep - G-Easy feat Ashley Benson
In The End - Tommee Profitt
Wicked Game - Daisy Gray
Haunted - Beyonce
Gasoline - Halsey
I Feel Like I’m Drowning - Two Feet
Twisted - Two Feet
Wild Horses - Bishop Briggs
The Fire - Bishop Briggs
Killer - Vallerie Broussard
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Author Biography
Sheridan Anne is a wife to a smart-ass husband, Mumma to two beautiful girls, twin sister, daughter, and friend who lives in beautiful Australia. Sheridan writes both romance and young adult fantasy books on a variety of topics and can be found on most days with her family or writing during naptime. To find out more or to simply say ‘hello’, connect with her on Facebook or Instagram -
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Other Series by Sheridan Anne
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Young Adult / New Adult - Romance
The Broken Hill High Series (5 Book Series + Novella)
Haven Falls (7 Book Series + Novella)
Broken Hill Boys (5 Book Novella Series)
Aston Creek High (4 Book Series)
Rejects Paradise (4 Book Series)
New Adult Romance
Kings of Denver (4 Book Series)
Denver Royalty (3 Book Series)
Rebels Advocate (4 Book Series)
Urban Fantasy - Pen name: Cassidy Summers
Slayer Academy (3 Book Series)