{"id":255003,"date":"2026-07-13T03:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/breaking-lara-penny-mappoura-salmon\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T03:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:58:35","slug":"breaking-lara-penny-mappoura-salmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/breaking-lara-penny-mappoura-salmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Lara – Penny Mappoura – Salmon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That is one thing that I remember. Whenever we were out on assignment in the fall months, I remember staring at the colour of everything. It\u2019s warm and cosy. I am feeling much better and almost all the way healed, Derek has been sneaking into my room in the middle of the night. His large body curling up next to mine, keeping me warm and safe. I don\u2019t need physical protection, I have always been able to hold my own, obviously, and more than that, I am a trained killer and a skilled fighter, but something about knowing he is there, whether it\u2019s just down the hall, downstairs in the club or lying beside me in my bed, it\u2019s a feeling that I am coming to be familiar with and I like it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to say anything,\u201d she says softly. \u201cBut I\u2019m going to, because you need to hear it.\u201d I swallow hard, waiting. \u201cYou think you\u2019re a monster.\u201d Her voice doesn\u2019t waver. \u201cYou think you don\u2019t deserve good things, or love, or even a life. I know, because I used to think the same. What was taken from me, what I did after \u2014 I thought it meant I could never be more than ruined. But that\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n

You get to choose what you are now. You get to take it back.\u201d My chest aches and I look down to my trembling hands that wrap around the mug. \u201cAnd when it comes to him\u2014\u201d her smile softens, just a little, \u201c\u2014you need to know this. Derek is dark and brutal. He\u2019ll push you, probably harder than anyone else could.<\/p>\n

But he won\u2019t break you. He won\u2019t take what you don\u2019t give. And when he finally has you\u2014\u201d her eyes meet mine, sharp but kind, \u201c\u2014he\u2019ll worship every part of you, even the ones you hate\u2026Especially those.\u201d Heat blooms across my skin, hard and heavy. My voice is barely a whisper. \u201cI don\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never\u2014\u201d \u201cI know…he knows\u2026\u201d Elaina reaches across the table, takes my hand in hers. \u201cAnd that\u2019s not something to be ashamed of. You\u2019ve seen sex used as a weapon and you\u2019ve seen it twisted. What you haven\u2019t seen is what it can be. What it should be. With someone who wants all of you.\u201d I bite down hard on my lip, but it doesn\u2019t stop the tears that threaten.<\/p>\n

Elaina squeezes my hand tighter. \u201cWhen you\u2019re ready, Lara, you\u2019ll find out. And you won\u2019t be afraid.\u201d I have questions, so many questions swirling around in my mind. Just the thought of what he did to me only a week ago makes me feel warm, with a tightness coiling in my lower belly.<\/p>\n

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Order Of Reading Awakening Elaina \u2013 A Tale of Loss, Lust, Love & Liberation Taming Aria \u2013 A Tale of Obsession, Love, Darkness & Power Breaking Lara \u2013 A Tale of Innocence, Darkness, Obsession & Awakening Claiming Sabine \u2013 (Release Summer 2026) 1kitap1.com\/en NOTE TO MY DARKLING READERS This is a dark romance. It is violent, twisted, and sometimes, morally black. It is not sweet. It is not safe, it\u2019s explicit and it is not for everyone.<\/p>\n

Derek Carter is a menace. He tortures, taunts, and takes. Lara Morozova is fragile and fractured, a ghost made into a weapon, and their story is built on obsession, pain, and a kind of love that can only survive in shadows. If you are looking for light romance, gentle love, or fade-to-black intimacy, you will not find it here. If you are looking for ruin, welcome. 1kitap1.com\/en TRIGGER WARNINGS & CONTENT GUIDANCE This novel contains mature, dark, and emotionally intense themes intended for adult readers (18+) only.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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