Sordid Empire
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“I think this one is a boy,” he murmurs, planting a kiss just above my bellybutton. “I can feel it.”
“And if it’s another girl?”
He scowls. “Then we’ll have to build more dungeons.”
I giggle and pull him down into a kiss. Growling playfully, he returns it — but his lips soon replace all traces of laughter with burning lust.
As Carter’s hands move down my body, hitting all my favorite spots with expert precision, I marvel at the wonder that is my life.
My glorious life, with my glorious man.
Sometimes, it is hard to believe one person could be so lucky. Looking back at where I started… at all the strife we endured on our path to end up here… together…
It’s insane.
I still struggle to wrap my mind around this new reality. The one in which I have my country and my heart’s content and a growing family to call our own.
Carter’s eyes lock on mine as he drives into me — hard, deep, his hands twining with mine on the bedspread. Our wedding bands glimmer in the mellow afternoon light.
“I love you, My Queen,” he murmurs, staring down at me with reverence as he drives me slowly toward the edge of oblivion.
I kiss him.
Hard.
“Always and forever, My King.”
THE END
Playlist
Jumper — Natalie Taylor
Still Sane — Lorde
Like That — Bea Miller
Bridges — Broods
Begin Again — Purity Ring
Everything I Wanted — Billie Eilish
No Such Thing — Sara Bareilles
Circles — Post Malone
You Should See Me In A Crown — Billie Eilish
There’s No Way — LAUV (feat. Julia Michaels)
The Archer — Taylor Swift
Carry You — Ruelle (feat. Fleurie)
All of Your Glory — Broods
If Our Love Is Wrong — Calum Scott
Naked — James Arthur
Love Someone — Lukas Graham
Long Live — Taylor Swift
About the Author
JULIE JOHNSON is a twenty-something Boston native suffering from an extreme case of Peter Pan Syndrome. When she's not writing, Julie can most often be found adding stamps to her passport, drinking too much coffee, striving to conquer her Netflix queue, and Instagramming pictures of her dog. (Follow her: @author_julie)
She published her debut novel LIKE GRAVITY in August 2013, just before her senior year of college, and she's never looked back. Since, she has published more than a dozen other novels, including the bestselling BOSTON LOVE STORY series, THE GIRL DUET, and THE FADED DUET. Her books have appeared on Kindle and iTunes Bestseller lists around the world, as well as in AdWeek, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today.
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Also by Julie Johnson
STANDALONE NOVELS:
LIKE GRAVITY
SAY THE WORD
FAITHLESS
THE BOSTON LOVE STORIES:
NOT YOU IT’S ME
CROSS THE LINE
ONE GOOD REASON
TAKE YOUR TIME
SO WRONG IT’S RIGHT
THE GIRL DUET:
THE MONDAY GIRL
THE SOMEDAY GIRL
THE FADED DUET:
FADED: PART ONE
FADED: PART TWO
THE UNCHARTED DUET:
UNCHARTED
UNFINISHED
THE FORBIDDEN ROYALS TRILOGY:
DIRTY HALO
TORRID THRONE
SORDID EMPIRE