All Chapters of Crave The Ravens: Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

ELIOI stared down at the woman sprawled across my sheets, her dark hair fanning out like shadows on the pillow. She was naked, her skin still red where my fingers had pressed. Bruises forming collars around her throat. But she wasn’t her. Not the one who’d put a bullet through my leg and left me with this fucking cane. This one was just meat I’d used to burn off the edge.Everytime I thrust into her, squeezing just enough to feel that rush, that control…then I saw her. Her face, her eyes wide with that mix of fear and fire that twisted me up inside. Her lips parting in a gasp that wasn’t pain, not really, but something else… something that belonged to me. I had come hard, growling into the stranger’s ear, but it was all a lie. A pathetic substitute.And that was the fucked up part.No matter who ended up in my bed lately, it always came back to her somehow. A waitress once. Some politician’s daughter another time. Different hair. Different bodies. Different voices. But eventually the

AVIAMy head throbbed so badly it felt like someone had cracked my skull open. A groan slipped from my lips as I forced my eyes open, but everything around me stayed dark. The air was filled with the smell of dust, cigarettes, and for one disoriented second I thought I was still home, maybe passed out after another exhausting shift or bing watching too many movies, but then I tried moving my hands and rough rope bit violently into my wrists.Fear shot into me instantly.My eyes widened as I jerked against the restraints, the chair beneath me scraping loudly across concrete while my breathing turned shaky. Something rough covered my head like a sack and every breath I took filled my lungs with the disgusting smell of sweat and dirt. Fear crawled slowly into my stomach as flashes of memory suddenly came rushing back.The ally.The men chasing me.The hands grabbing me.A palm clamping over my mouth before everything went black.Oh my God.“Help!” I screamed immediately, struggling hard