Where Violets Bloom

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Van</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is the only way I can make sure she's safe. And she</span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> has </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>to be safe.</span></p><p><br></p><p>My feet are quieter than a whisper as they trudge along the asphalt. She doesn't look at me until we're nearly toe-to-toe because she walks her with her beautiful head tipped down.</p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's something I'm going to change.</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I grab her quickly so fast that she doesn't even have the chance to make a sound. I've got her cuffed and gagged in just moments and in the back seat of my SUV just as quick.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's true how it's always recounted; it always happens so fast.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She struggles against my hands and I hold her shoulders until she's out of fight which only takes a minute. I'm scaring her right now. But I'll make it right.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And this is for her own good.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She will see</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p>Violet with the emerald eyes.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Where Violets Bloom </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>is Book 1 in the</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Men of Paradise </strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>series.</span></p>