Wrapping one large hand around her throat then the next, Nathan reminded her, “I have a beast inside of me; a monster.”
“Let me tame it,” she breathed.
“I know who you are and you know who I am,” he said, speaking softly into her ear. When he settled back, locking eyes with her, he told her, “There’s no coming back from that.”
“You don’t have to do this,” she rasped.
“You’re right,” he allowed, as his hands squeezed even tighter around her throat. “I don’t.”
As Portia fought to remain conscious and struggled to get the words out, she searched his eyes, hunting to find his soul. “I’m in love with you.”
A flicker of humanity flashed across his hardened expression as he said coldly, “I believe you.”
In the next instant, Portia’s world went black.
But though it didn’t stay that way, she knew, waking in the warmth of Nathan’s bed, that nothing would ever be the same between them.
The man behind the mask had revealed himself.
It had been his turn…
…and Portia’s would come next.
THE END
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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Mira Gibson is a playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. After majoring in Playwriting at Bard College, Mira was accepted into Youngblood, the playwrights group at Ensemble Studio Theatre (NYC). There, Mira's plays received developmental readings and workshops. Most notably: Daddy Soda (2009), Old Flame (2012), and Diamond in the House of Thieves (2012). Her one-act play The Red White and Blue Process received a commission from The Sloan Foundation. And her one-act play Old Flame won the Samuel French Playwriting Competition and is available for licensing via Samuel French Play Publishers. In 2012 Mira's first screenplay, Warfield was produced by Summer Smoke Productions. She lives in Oceanside, NY. Story is her life.
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MORE BOOKS BY MIRA GIBSON:
The Bridge & Tunnel Romances
BROOKLYN FLAME
FIGHTING THE FLAMES
The New Hampshire Mysteries
DADDY SODA (A New Hampshire Mystery, Book One)
ROCK SPIDER (A New Hampshire Mystery, Book Two)
TAR HEART (A New Hampshire Mystery, Book Three)
The Kensington Killers
COLD DARK FEAR (Series Prequel)
LUNATIC (The Kensington Killers, Book One)
CRANK (The Kensington Killers, Book Two)
MANIAC (coming 2018)
Crossover into Kindle Worlds
CALIFORNIA FLAME (Hope Falls Kindle World)
MOTIVE (Lei Crime Kindle World)
REKINDLE THE FLAME (Hope Falls Kindle World)
SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED (An Imperfect Love Kindle World)
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