A Bitter Surrender

Serena struggled frantically against the suffocating, heavy weight pressing down on her chest. Her heart pounded a violent rhythm against her ribs as she twisted beneath Declan's imposing frame, desperate for air and space. "Declan, please," she pleaded. Genuine terror threaded her voice, making it crack. "Let me go."

His bruising grip on her wrists only tightened, securing her arms against the m