Excerpt from Keep Me
Author’s Note: Keep Me is the continuation of Nora & Julian’s story and is told from both Nora & Julian’s perspective. The following excerpt is from Julian’s point of view.
There are days when the urge to hurt, to kill, is too strong to be denied. Days when the thin cloak of civilization threatens to slip at the least provocation, revealing the monster inside.
Today is not one of those days.
Today I have her with me.
We’re in the car on the way to the airport. She’s sitting pressed against my side, her slim arms wrapped around me and her face buried in the crook of my neck.
Cradling her with one arm, I stroke her dark hair, delighting in its silky texture. It’s long now, reaching all the way down to her narrow waist. She hasn’t cut her hair in nineteen months.
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