She'd like to say he was the first medical professional to violate her confidence. Humiliation still burned hot and deep, a fire in her blood. Out there in the real world, a stunner like you would make me work for something as simple as a dinner date. But last night he had sedated her with the express purpose of stripping her, touching her in ways he shouldn't and taking pictures. Well, he'd drugged her every day of his two-month employment at the Moffat County Institution for the Criminally Insane. She would never willingly do anything to please him. How that smugness grated-not that she'd ever let him know. The longer she stared at him, silent, the more his lips curled upward. At five ten, he was only a bit taller than her, on the thin side and, if you ignored the blackness of his soul, moderately attractive. In his early forties, the doctor had thinning salt and pepper hair, dark brown eyes and perfectly tanned, though slightly lined, skin. Fitzherbert, though the other patients in the 'trust circle' remained in her periphery. I felt their romance was sweet – not tainted by previous relationships, and although their world was in constant danger, they found time to just be.'How does that make you feel, Annabelle?' The male voice lingered over the word 'feel,' adding a disgusting layer of sleaze.Īnnabelle tilted her head to the side, her gaze locked on Dr. Luckily, the pair recognize their true feelings, and soon they continue to explore things each thought that they’d never experience. But then Zacharel didn’t understand how to deal with the overwhelming sensations, and he went too far.

It started so delightfully-sending butterflies to my belly.

When the pair share their first kiss it was full of such joy and then such sadness. He realizes he desires Annabelle, but doesn’t know how to address his feelings. And Zach – he is so clueless when it comes to emotions, especially human ones. She seems to still see the good in the world, and although she needs things to move at a slow pace, she continually moves forward with her feelings for Zacharel. Although Annabelle has been through hell and back, she is tough and will not rest until she kills the demon who caused her so much grief.

Wicked Nights by Gena Showalter