Novel & Cerita It Takes What It Takes

TAKEN intro poem SHE FOUND IT HARD TO RESIST HIM, AND NEITHER DID HER WEDDING RING. PEOPLE CALLED IT CHEATING SHE CALLED HIM A MEANINGFUL TOOL. A BLISSFUL MARRIAGE WITH A MASCULINE ATTRACTION. WHAT A DISTRACTION! "NO ONE HAS TO KNOW" HE SAID TO HER TOO. TAKEN middle poem SHE WAS STUCK BETWEEN TWO THINGS: SEDUCTION AND MARRIAGE

Then take it. And the night changes forever.

it's drugged. 'Who's taking me? 'What now?'

“Kids just need to be reminded that mistakes don’t define them.” He studies me for a long moment, his eyes catching the low light. “You remind me of what Rhett could be, if he let himself breathe.” The words strike too close. I shift, uneasy, because it’s dangerous—the way Caleb sees me, the way he says the things Rhett never could. “You make it sound simple,” I whisper. “Because it is,” he replies softly. “You bring out the best in him. I can see it. He won’t admit it, but I can.”

Dead or alive. Whatever it took.

I could almost hear the words Take me, take me, take me, repeating in my head. “So, what will it be? Will you stop trying to act like you don't want this, or will you let your desires take the lead?"

“And what is that?” Anita’s voice didn’t tremble. “Everything it takes.

One way or another, I’m getting out of here. Whatever it takes. Whatever I have to do.