{"id":259359,"date":"2026-07-13T16:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/embracing-my-duty-melony-ann\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:56:52","slug":"embracing-my-duty-melony-ann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/embracing-my-duty-melony-ann\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing My Duty – Melony Ann"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The second I have it off, it goes off again, and I realize someone is actually calling me. I don\u2019t bother to look at the caller ID. \u201cSomeone better be dead,\u201d I growl into the phone. A chuckle followed by a yawn. \u201cYou owe me your first born for what I\u2019m about to tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n

I raise an eyebrow as I look at the clock on the nightstand. \u201cMateo? It\u2019s three in the morning. What the fuck are you doing up?\u201d \u201cGot a call from my Captain. Preston just put me on Jimothy\u2019s case.\u201d \u201cAt three in the morning?\u201d \u201cYep. Turns out he got a call from your Captain. Guess who woke Laura up?\u201d I sigh and sit up knowing I\u2019m not getting any more sleep. \u201cWho?\u201d \u201cRyland fucking Evans.<\/p>\n

From the county fucking jail in Wako.\u201d My mind is spinning with questions I can\u2019t ask fast enough. \u201cAt home? How the fuck did he get Laura\u2019s personal number? Wait. How the hell did he know to even call her? Why call her? And why so late? Does he have a friend in the guards?\u201d \u201cAll good questions. I\u2019m happy to answer them because this is where the story gets good.\u201d \u201cOh, man.\u201d I prop my pillows up against the back of the pullout couch and yawn.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes. He does have a buddy. Dude let him use his cellphone. Laura knew it was from the jail because she heard a hushed conversation right before Ryland said his goodbyes and hung up. Someone said rounds are about to start. He needs his phone back because if another guard catches them, they\u2019ll both be in trouble.<\/p>\n

It clinched it for her when she heard a door clanging open before Ryland hung up faster than a charging bull.\u201d \u201cWhat the fuck is going on with this asshole?\u201d<\/p>\n

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First Edition, February 2024 Copyright \u00a9 2024 by Melony Ann Copyright notice: All rights reserved under the International and Pan- American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author or the publisher. This book is a work of fiction.<\/p>\n

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Kindle ISBN: 978-1-961966-49-9 Published by: Carxander Publishing Minnesota OceanofPDF.com Opening Quote I am temperamental, and I have imperfections, and I am emotional. I am unpredictable. I am naked. I am vulnerable. I am a woman. I am opening up to you. Love me or leave me. Just take it or leave it. It’s not that I’m needy. Just need you to see me.<\/p>\n

Take me, free me, see through to the core of me. Take me, free me, there will be no more pretending. Now I stand before you with my heart in my hands. I’m asking you to take me just the way that I am. Please lay down your arms. Do you know me, make me feel safe from harm. I Am by Christina Aguilera OceanofPDF.com Chapter One \ud83d\udee1 Krissy \ud83d\udee1 \u201cAh!\u201d I scream when Ryland slaps me so hard across the face that I fall backwards. I crash through a table.<\/p>\n

Air is sucked right out of my body, and for a moment, I feel like my heart ceases to beat. But freezing is my mistake. Ryland straddles me and puts his hands around my neck, squeezing. \u201cThink you can just mouth off like that, huh? Embarrass me in front of my friends?\u201d His hands get tighter and tighter until my vision starts to get blurry and dark. I claw at his hands, but it doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t move. I can\u2019t breathe. I\u2019m getting weaker and weaker. \u201cYou want one of them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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