Prologue

Monsters in the Dark Book Three: Twisted Together

The blackness tried to swallow us whole, kill us, ruin us, capture our soul.

“ I ’m not marrying you for the pleasure of calling you my wife,~~esclave~~. I’m not marrying you because it’s the evolution of a relationship. I’m marrying you so I have claim on you forever.

“Your soul will be mine for eternity. In sickness and in health, in life and in death, you will belong to me. And I will belong to you.”

Q brought me closer, whispering his passion into my mouth. “Don’t think this is a contract between two people in love. Don’t think this legal document is something flimsy and insignificant.

“By marrying me, you’re taking all of me. Everything that I am. All that I will be. You’re accepting my lightness, my darkness, my fucking eternal spirit.

“By signing your name to mine you are no longer Tess Snow.”

“What am I?” I murmured, accepting his feather-soft kiss.

“You’re Tess Mercer. Now and for always. Forever and ever. It’s done.”