Betrayal (31 page)
Authors: Aleatha Romig
Tags: #Fiction, #Romance, #Erotica, #Suspense, #Romantic Suspense, #dark romance
Coming January 19, 2016, the continuing story of Charli and Nox. As old rules are broken and new rules are set, who will prove the most CUNNING?
Book #2 of the Infidelity series,
Cunning
, by Aleatha Romig.
“MR. DEMETRI?” I
couldn’t process, couldn’t do much more than to repeat his words. In only a matter of minutes I’d become a parrot, not the strong, confident woman I wanted to project.
“Yes,
Miss Collins.
New rules
…
my
rules. You should say thank you.”
I squeezed the phone tighter. The whiskey running through my veins had worked to still my trembling but had done little to slow my rapid heartbeat. I closed my eyes, trying to remember the man at Del Mar. His tone didn’t match.
“Miss Collins, I told you to say
thank you
.”
I wasn’t sure if it was hearing his deep voice again or the difference in his demeanor, but my tattered nerves were ping-ponging between an emotional breakdown and a hysterical fit of laughter. I looked up at Karen, unsure if she could hear. When she nodded, I knew she did.
He owns you. Whatever he tells you to do.
“Thank you,” I whispered.
“By calling my number you broke our rule. I told you once before how I’d respond if you ever again broke one of my rules. Do you remember?”
I remembered. I also remembered he hadn’t been specific. Now didn’t seem like the time to mention that. My chin dropped to my chest.
“Nox, please.”
“
Mr. Demetri
. Don’t make me repeat myself. Listen closely. This is exactly what you will do.”
I swallowed. The rush of blood coursing through my ears, my injured pride, and the multiple rebuttals forming in my head and gathering at the tip of my tongue, all worked together to dim the volume of his words. Nevertheless, as the Infidelity employee I now was, I did as my client said and listened.
“Go down to the street. My driver is waiting. His name is Isaac, and he’ll recognize you.”
“I-I—”
“Miss Collins, your opportunity for negotiation has passed. It’s time for our reunion. I paid handsomely for it.”
I might have thought it before, but now it was official: Nox owned me.
I might have sold my soul, but by the way my insides clenched at the velvet voice, I knew that my soul wasn’t the only commodity Nox had purchased.
After he finished speaking, I sat statuesque, holding the phone, waiting for anything, a goodbye, something. Instead, silence prevailed. When I turned the screen toward me I saw only his name and knew he’d hung up.
Oh shit! Now what do I do?
As if reading my mind, Karen handed me the glass with the remaining whiskey, nodded, and said, “
Whatever
he tells you to do.”
CUNNING
Coming… January 19, 2016.
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INFIDELITY SERIES:
BETRAYAL
Book #1
(October 2015)
CUNNING
Book #2
(January 2016)
DECEPTION
Book #3
(TBA)
ENTRAPMENT
Book #4
(TBA)
FIDELITY
Book #5
(TBA)
THE CONSEQUENCES SERIES:
CONSEQUENCES
(Book #1)
Released August 2011
TRUTH
(Book #2)
Released October 2012
CONVICTED
(Book #3)
Released October 2013
REVEALED
(Book #4)
Previously titled: Behind His Eyes Convicted: The Missing Years
Re-released June 2014
BEYOND THE CONSEQUENCES
(Book #5)
Released January 2015
COMPANION READS:
BEHIND HIS EYES—CONSEQUENCES
(Book #1.5)
Released January 2014
BEHIND HIS EYES—TRUTH
(Book #2.5)
Released March 2014
TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE SERIES:
INSIDIOUS
(All books in this series are stand-alone erotic thrillers)
Released October 2014
DUPLICITY
(Completely unrelated to book #1)
Release TBA
Aleatha Romig is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Aleatha has raised three children with her high school sweetheart and husband of nearly thirty years. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her other pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams!
Aleatha released her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through 2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. These stand-alone thrillers continue Aleatha’s twisted style with an increase in heat. In the fall of 2015, Aleatha will move headfirst into the world of dark romance with the release of BETRAYAL, the first of her five-novel INFIDELITY series. Aleatha has entered the traditional world of publishing with Thomas and Mercer with her SAVED series. The first of that series, INTO THE LIGHT, will be published in 2016.
Aleatha is a “Published Author’s Network” member of the Romance Writers of America and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Browne & Miller Literary Associates.
