OWNED by Dominic (Possessed #1) by K.L. Donn

hadn’t felt since her mom left.
    “Tell me something, Dee…”
    “Anything.”
    “Do you want to be here? Do you want to go back to Ireland?” She was taken aback by his questions. He’d basically forced her to come to Maryland with him. Looking deeply into his eyes, she wondered what his questions were really about. There was something there…
    “What’s going on in your mind, Dom?”
    Sighing, he looked out over the fields of grass in the distance before answering. “I need to know if I’m doing you more harm than good by making you stay here.”
    “Oh.”
    “Oh? That’s it. Do you want to leave, Deedee?” His voice was harder, more demanding.
    “It’s not that I want to leave, it’s just…” It was her turn to look away. “I have no idea what I want. For as long as I can remember, my only goal has been to get to my mam, and now…”
    “Now?” he prompted.
    “Now, there’s you…There’s Jaxson…There’s so many new opportunities, and I’m confused,” she told him bluntly.
    He smiled at her answer. Happy that she was thinking about a future there with them but could understand her conflicting thoughts. For a while they stood in silence, enjoying the feel of being in each other’s arms. Knowing that they would figure things out in their own way.
    “I can’t let you go, Princess,” he whispered into her ear. “You’re as essential to my life as breathing. I don’t know how it happened, Deidre, but you’re ingrained in my soul.”
    Her eyes welled up with tears at his honesty. The fact he was such a big, strong man and a total badass made it all the more meaningful.
    “Maireann lá go ruaig ach maireann an grá go huaigh.”
    “What’s that mean?” he asked in her ear where he began to nuzzle her.
    “A day lasts until it’s chased away, but a love lasts until the grave.” She was nervous about telling him the true meaning. Everything with them had been going at warp speed, but she was finally in tune with her heart. And her heart was telling her he was it for her.
    “Oh yeah?”
    Nodding her head quickly, he slowly lowered his mouth to hers. A simple meeting of lips, an intense feeling of lust, an overwhelming feeling of love. For them it was perfect.
    “What’s a man gotta do to get some grub around here?” They heard Casey holler from inside the house.
    “Fucking inbred...” Dom mumbled, shooting a glare at the house.
    Laughing, she pulled from his arms slightly. “I’ve got to wake up Jax anyway.”
    “You’re good with him.” He held a note of surprise in his voice.
    “Am I not supposed to be?”
    “I’m just shocked is all. He doesn’t normally take to people the way he has with you, and I had no clue how you would be with him, so ya, I was worried. At first.”
    “Hmm,” she murmured walking away. Unsure of how to feel about his doubt.
    “Wait a minute, Princess.” He tried to grab her arm as she walked in the house.
    “It’s fine, Dominic.”
    “Oh shit, what’d ya do, dude?” Casey laughed as Dom trailed her inside.
    “Fuck off, Case.”
    Ignoring them both, she went upstairs to wake up Jax. Entering his room, she loved the care and attention he paid to organizing everything. He had bins upon bins lined up against one wall all labeled for what toys went where. He was very proud the first time he’d shown her. His bookshelf had books going from largest to smallest and another shelf with all his teddy bears organized by character. It was one of the most innovative things she’d ever seen from someone so young.
    She’d asked Dom about it a while go to see if he were the one who did it or maybe Casey or Angela. He’d told her it was all Jax. That’s been that way he’s done things since he started crawling. For him, everything had a place.
    Leaning down beside the sweet, little boy’s toddler bed covered in Transformers bedding—because Optimus Prime was the bomb apparently—she started rubbing his back gently. She’d discovered that he was