Chapter One: Ink and Surrender

The pen felt heavier than the five million dollar check it was signing away her freedom for.

Evelyn Harper sat on the edge of a leather chair that probably cost more than her mother’s house, her legs pressed together so tightly her thighs trembled. Across the obsidian desk, Gabriel Thorn watched her with the detached amusement of a man who had already won.

“Last chance to walk away, Miss Harper.” His voice was low, refined and especially dangerous. ...