Novels by serenity

“Rosie, my little angel….”Myla’s brows furrowed as the strange, raspy voice kept whispering calmly and intimately to her, sending tufts of wind into her ears, showing just how close the person was. She could feel fingers slowly and possessively stroking through her hair, then down to her shoulders and arm, but instead of it bringing her comfort the way her men’s hands usually did, the hand was sending shivers of dread down her spine.Flinching, she tried to move away, but her body felt heavy and pinned down, even though she couldn’t feel anything holding or tying her down. It was like the air itself had weight. “Where am I?” she wanted to ask, but any time she tried to talk, her chest tightened, and her throat clammed up like she was choking on a dry stone. “You are mine,” the man’s voice suddenly snarled, sounding angry and frustrated. But this time around, the fingers in her hair started tightening painfully. “You don’t get to leave me. Do you hear me? I’ll be back for you….”My

"Unstable... useful..." There was no way the bastard was talking about him like that.... right?Eddie shifted a little, partially concealing himself with the door frame. Before the man could say more, someone quietly cleared their throat behind him, making Eddie jump, startled.“Sorry señor,” the same maid from earlier apologized in a low, shaky voice. In her hand was a tray with a jug of orange juice and glass cups.Eddie smiled sheepishly at her and moved aside so she could enter.The Partner turned at the sound, but when he saw Eddie in the doorway, his expression brightened like he had not been talking about him seconds ago.“Finally, there you are,” he said warmly, gesturing at him to come into the room. “Come in and sit with me.”Eddie hesitated, observing his face for a couple of seconds. Maybe he had just been paranoid for no reason again, and he hadn’t been talking about him.He walked in and sat opposite the man.The partner smiled at him. Looking like a patient teacher deal

“Drop the gun!” A woman’s teary voice cried out, thick with fear, anger, and desperation. “Ed, please don’t… let me leave...”Then a gunshot rang out followed by her shrill scream. Eddie woke with a start, jerking upright so fast his vision blurred. For a moment he was still stuck in the dream world, and all he could see was the blood painting the walls and floors of the room.He rubbed his eyes, his heart hammered against his ribs as he waited for the sensation to fade.“Señor?” A concerned, heavily accented voice called out, startling him. “You need help?”He blinked hard as his brain stuttered back to the present, the smell of fresh laundry and lemon air freshener grounding him.As everything cleared, he found himself looking at an elegant and expensive looking chandelier hanging from the smooth, carved ceiling above the king-sized bed he was lying on.He sat up properly, turning to see a woman in an archaic maid uniform standing a few feet away from him, holding neatly folded clo

The sound of the helicopter faded into the early morning air as Hayden and Jared made their way up the steps toward the front door. They had slept in a hotel the night before, just in case someone had decided to tail or place a tracker on them in a bid to find their home. The potential perpetrators were either the stalker, whom they still suspected planned the whole ruse to pull them out, or an overambitious paparazzi looking to make it big by being the first to discover the Oakleys' new home.Jared had taken extra precautions by using a random car rental service under a different identity and also ensuring the helicopter itself was checked from top to bottomAnd because the two men were alike in the way they did things…. stressing over things in broody silence, it had been a long, terrible night for them. Their wrinkled clothes and tense faces heavy with exhaustion and frustration showed it. Myla rushed out to the foyer before they could even reach the living room, the dark circles

The highway stretched out like a dark ribbon in front of the car’s headlights, the world outside dark and unwelcoming. The further they drove from the city, the quieter the night became; the only sounds left were the hum of the engine and the soft, uneven breathing from the passenger seat.Eddie twitched in his sleep… if one could even call it sleep. His head leaned carelessly against the window, his lips moving in broken whispers. “Ro… Rosie… don’t… please don’t… come back…”He sounded like a child having a nightmare.The partner’s face was cold and unreadable, with his hands steady on the steering wheel as he stared straight ahead, but his jaw was clenched so tightly that tension throbbed up his neck.There was no point in trying to speak to Eddie yet because he would not make sense in his current state. What rubbed him the most was how the crazy bastard was able to sleep in his situation. Guess being in the army for years did one the ability to sleep no matter the conditions.The s

The evening air around the hotel felt thick and cold. Police lights flashed along the walls, washing everything in blue and red lights. Hayden stood near the entrance, jaw tight, chest heaving a little from the leftover adrenaline. He kept staring up and down the street where the officers had disappeared earlier.... kept waiting for someone to shout the words he desperately needed to hear.“We found him!”But it has been hours now and that announcement was still to be made. He checked his watch again and another minute had gone by.... another minute that bastard, Edward Kolwalsky, was out there breathing.Behind him, Jared was speaking to the swat captain Reyes, their voices were low and serious, carrying that military tone both of them had slipped into since the crisis started. Ben stood nearby writing notes and talking to some uniformed men. While Carolanne was talking into her radio.Hayden barely heard any of it. He was too busy imagining Eddie running through alleys with that