Beatrix woke up in a small metal cage. A persistent dripping sound her only company. Lost in the darkness. Reeling to remember. Two meals and a lesson. Three graces a day. She had been leaving work to celebrate her promotion, a promotion that was the culmination of her entire ruthless, driven career, a promotion that would cement her status with her marketing firm enough for her to take her relationship with her girlfriend out of the lesbian closet. Beatrix had finally made it. And then she was here, disoriented and petrified in a black she could not define. “Fear and panic are just words. They in no way capture how I felt in those first hours in my cage. I could say them, scream them, carve them in my … arm a million times, and never fully express how the terror absolutely radiated from my bones.” Yet the reality of her Master may be even more terrifying than the crushing darkness and enveloping isolation. He appears as an ominous shadow in the doorway of her cell, and he never speaks to her. Instead, he teaches her the language of pain and torture, of submission and obedience, of domination and possession. “I didn’t have to understand to obey. All I had to do was read the commands and follow. Submit.” With each passing day, the fight and hope in Beatrix begins to shrivel and wane. With each savage beating, her survivalist instincts rise up to overwhelm the person she was. With each dehumanizing condition, she begins to forget who she was and the life from which she was ripped. “You were breaking me down. More brilliantly than I could realize, lost in my strife. You were leaving me alone to turn on myself, break myself down to something more pliable for You. I wish I could have appreciated the beauty of it in my misery.” Can Beatrix ward off the psychological breakdown of her Master? Can she resist the temptation to survive and thrive through submission? Either Beatrix will succeed at surviving and escaping the torments of her Master or her Master will succeed at breaking her completely and reforming her into his design for a human possession. About LGBT Horror Author Christina BerglingColorado-bred writer, Christina Bergling, sold her soul early into the writing game. By fourth grade, she knew she wanted to be an author, and in college, she actively pursued it and stared publishing small scale. However, with the realities of eating and paying bills, the survivalist in her hocked her passion for horror to profession and worked as a technical writer and document manager, even traveling to Iraq as a contractor. Bergling is a mother of two young children and lives with her family in Colorado Springs. Views: 35
My name is Lexie Holman. I'm just like any normal 14 year old Australian girl - that is, if they live in the country and travel to boarding school in the City! My friend, Bud (Bud's a beautiful chestnut horse, you have to meet him!), and I had an extraordinary experience during my last school holidays and made new friends. It all started when... but wait! You can read about it yourself. Really, a totally different holiday and the first in a number of adventures we can share together. Views: 35
Blue Williams shines no matter the circumstance.-Prettiest in her hometown-Most talented cheerleader on her high school squad-Valedictorian of the senior class-Prom queen and runner up for Miss Teen ColoradoAnd the list goes on… That’s until college, when she finds out nobody recognizes her, and if they do they couldn’t care less. Blending in is something Blue has longed for her entire life. Living in a dorm with a set of new friends is just what she needed to escape her stale life back home. For the first time, she’s seen for her talent and not her name or looks. Cheer is her number one priority, considering a full-ride scholarship landed her at a prestigious university, and she intends to take advantage of it. A true beauty inside and out, Blue’s heart has always pumped competitive blood. Until one night changes her forever…the beauty is gone, and all she has left are nasty, ugly memories. The man who saved her has a story of his own, with ninety percent of his body scarred. What happens when the Beauty falls for the Beast? Views: 35
A spellbinding second instalment in a trilogy of rare power and narrative scope that unlocks the dark heart of Spain, weaving past and present together to portray a country still scarred by civil war, still riven by fear and hatred, still plagued by secrets that refuse to die.1954: Comandante Guzm?n has been posted deep into the Basque country to confront a man known only as 'El Lobo'. Guzm?n was last here in the war though he would rather forget that. But he hasn't been forgotten, and high in the mountains, he must fight for his life, against someone who has been searching for him for a very long time...2010, Madrid: On the eve of an election, the government commission Forensic Investigator Ana Mar?a Galindez to investigate the scandal of the 'Ni?os Robados' the thousands of children stolen at birth during the years of the dictatorship. The politicians hope her findings will pacify public outrage at the thefts, but there are many who would prefer those secrets to... Views: 35
Mark Bradley had it all: great family, great job, good friends, and up until twelve years ago, the love of his life. That fateful day changed when his love suddenly disappeared, only to return one year later as a changed woman, but she was withdrawn and standoffish, and it killed him inside. All he wanted to do was help her, yet she did nothing except push him away. Mark was patient, though. He knew she needed him. All he had to do was make her see it. Nilka Abdani was carrying a secret, one that would crush a man’s soul, and not just any man—Mark Bradley. Nilka was sworn to secrecy, and for twelve long years, it ate her up inside, making her a shell of the woman she once was. She would give anything to have Mark back in her life. However, the secret was too much to bear. Mark’s desperate attempts to have Nilka back in his life backfired when Nilka’s secret was exposed. Could they make it through the hard times and still come out in one piece, especially when one final blow rocked their world? Views: 35
His eyes sent both chills and warmth down my spine. The way he looked over my body was so much different than anyone had ever before. When he approached me saying something about finally finding his mate I quickly realized what was going on. Jason Keller wasn't just a billionaire. He was a fertile beast and I was his for the taking. Views: 35
