Stories Tagged:foundfamily
foundfamily
"Some monsters aren't meant to be feared... but to be loved back into the light."
Annelly
Everything is falling apart, and James is shattering faster than I can reach him.
Every step we take toward safety drags him deeper into the darkness and further from me. He's angry, broken, hurting in ways I can't fix-and I'm terrified.
Of losing him. Of failing him. Of not being enough to bring him back.
But I won't let the man I love go without a fight. Not when he's fought so fiercely for me. Not when I still believe we can find our way back.
Regardless of what he wants... it's my turn to save him.
Even if loving him through the wreckage is the hardest thing I've ever done.
James
I'm losing myself, and with every hour that passes, I can feel the future we wanted slipping further out of reach.
The darkness I fought for years is clawing its way back, twisting everything-my thoughts, my control, the man I swore I'd never be again. I'm angry, hurting, unraveling faster than I can contain-and I'm terrified.
Of losing her. Of failing her. Of breaking her.
Of becoming the very monster she's running from.
When I said I'd protect her, I meant from every danger-including me. But she won't give up. She won't back down. She's still fighting for us with everything she has.
She believes love can pull me out of this...
But I'm terrified I'll destroy every last piece of her hope long before she saves me.
In the Broken Redemption World, every step toward survival threatens their love-and salvation may come with a price neither is ready to pay.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is Book 3 of James & Annelly's Broken Redemption arc, the emotional conclusion to their story. For the full journey, start with Book 1: Broken Misery.
While tortured and held captive as a prisoner of war, she became my reason to keep breathing. The force that fueled my will to fight. To survive.
When I woke after the rescue to discover the life I thought I was coming home to was but a figment of my imagination, hallucinations brought about by pain, desperation, and isolation... it nearly broke me.
Fifteen years since I first lost her, at last, we have a second chance. Holding her in my arms, finally feeling the warmth of her skin as she melts under my touch, is like a dream. She and her two little girls are now as essential to my existence as the air I breathe.
However, just as things start falling into place, the universe steps in, threatening to take it all away. I used to think that choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved, but now I see that in choosing her and her children, I have the chance to reclaim all that I lost. They are my salvation. My true path to redemption.
Which is why I'll leave no stone unturned, why I will scorch this world to the ground if that's what it takes to save them.
And when I do, I will fight to convince her once and for all they are meant to be mine, just as I was destined to be theirs.
In the Broken Redemption Series, one man's vow to protect the woman he lost becomes a battle between redemption, forgiveness, and the kind of love that refuses to let go.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is Book 3 of Lucas & Emilia's Broken Redemption arc, the emotional conclusion to their story. For the full journey, start with Book 1: Broken Vows.
𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊
𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 | 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒙 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓 18+
𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫.
Misfortune has followed Vivienne since the moment she was born. Living quietly with her grandmother, she has long accepted that her future holds nothing bright.
That belief is proven true the night she meets a strange man in the cemetery and offers him a beer, unaware of the fatal mistake she has made.
The Grim Reaper turns his attention to Vivienne, his fascination twisting into something dangerous and inescapable.
Caught in a web of secrets, lies, and forbidden feelings, Vivienne must make a choice that will change her life forever.
But with the devil breathing down her neck, knowing what's right and what's wrong is no longer so clear.
♰
"𝐖-𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮?"
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞."
𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄. 𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.
Choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved... including her.
I had everything a guy could ask for, a loving family, the perfect small-town life, and a promising future I had worked hard for.
It should have been enough.
She was off-limits, my parent's best friend's daughter, practically my sister. I fought my feelings, pretending our soul-deep connection didn't exist. When she confessed she felt the same, I pushed her away, believing our friendship mattered more than temporary infatuation. That she agreed should have come as a relief, but it left me with this void I didn't know how to fill.
It's what drove me to the bonfire that night. Right there, with our friends as witnesses, I claimed her. Told her I loved her and made her promises I shouldn't have made.
Hours later, it all came crashing down in a whirlwind of fire and ashes. That one split-second choice to go after a girl that wasn't meant for me cost me everything I loved.
I never should have crossed that line or given in. It's why she'll forever be my greatest love and deepest regret.
This tragic story is the beginning of our end...
