TRAGIC LOVE
BY
M.S. BANNON
New Adult Romance
Date Published: 11/6/2013
For Drake and Presley, life has handed them more challenges than any one person should ever face in a lifetime. Together, they've survived Presley’s captivity from her deranged uncle, but now they must learn how to live with the events that surrounded her time spent with him, while keeping the details of her rescue a secret.
For Presley Quinn, living the last two years has been practically unbearable, constantly drowning in nightmares put there by a man responsible for the violent imagines continually playing in her mind. She keeps moving forward, but is barely clinging onto the edge when she’s faced with another obstacle from her past that is so unavoidable, so tragic, it threatens to break her apart—herself.
Drake will do anything to protect Presley from ever feeling pain again. His love is irrefutable. He walks side by side with her, vowing he will never let anyone harm her again. However, when an unexpected event turns Presley against everyone she’s ever loved, Drake is faced with trying to save the only woman he’s ever loved or severing the only lifeline she’s ever had—himself.
**Mature Content Warning** 17 years and older for language and sexual content.**
Excerpt
My feet start to move quickly as
I travel down through old buildings toward the bar. In a few short minutes, I
make my way to the parking lot where I need to stop to catch my breath. The
heat is sucking all the air from my lungs along with my guilt for what I’ve
done. When I pull open the door I can hear Darcie screaming at Drake at the
same time that Reggie is restraining his arms, pinning them behind his back.
His eyes meet mine and they break all over again. I have to save him. I can’t
bring him down with all the ugliness growing inside of me.
I slowly walk through the bar and
keep my eyes solely on his. Darcie is turning her anger to me, but I shut it
down because only Drake matters in this moment. No one else. I reach into my
pocket and pull the small white pill from its depths. Placing it in the palm of
my hand, I show him exactly what it is and his bloodshot, drunken eyes meet
mine, slowly. Reggie releases his hold on Drake, allowing him to lower his arms
to his sides.
“What’s that?”he asks with a
slurred tongue as he shrugs his shoulders, loosening them from the tension
inflicted by Reggie.
“I didn’t do it. I was waiting
for something good to stop me, and then…there you were. You are more important
to me than my own life and I can’t hurt you by doing this,” I whisper as I pick
up the pill and place it in his sweaty hand.
His eyes focus slowly on the
pill. He turns it over with his fingers in his hand, the confusion apparent as
he studies the small white tablet. He can’t even look at me and I don’t blame him.
I’ve ruined any trust he’s had in me and I deserve it. I’ve only been hiding
from reality for a long time. Drake tips his hand to the side, allowing the
pill to drop to the floor. As it hits the ground, Drake lifts his booted foot
then slams it onto the tile. He twists his heel, grinding the pill into a fine
white powder.
He slowly lifts his head and looks over
to Reggie. “So now you know,” he says then he pushes past me, brushing his arm
against mine as he walks out on all of us. ~Presley Quinn, Tragic Love
AUTHOR BIO
M.S. Brannon
M.S. Brannon was born
and raised in the Midwest. She still resides there today with her
wonderful husband and son. When she is not writing or reading, M.S.
Brannon spends time with her family, watching movies, and discovering
new music. She writes romance because she believes love and heartache is
the rawest emotion one can experience.
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