{"id":261855,"date":"2026-07-13T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/halo-ellie-masters\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:38:46","slug":"halo-ellie-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/halo-ellie-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo &#8211; Ellie Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"text-align:center;margin:0 auto 1.5em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f6cc422fe270c03e.jpg\" alt=\" - Unknown book cover\" style=\"max-width:300px;width:100%;height:auto;box-shadow:0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,.25);border-radius:4px;\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>She steps into the shower. My eyes snap open. The water beads on her skin, tracing lines I can\u2019t follow without losing what\u2019s left of my control. \u201cNo,\u201d she says. One word. Calm. Absolute. \u201cCassie\u2014\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not leaving.\u201d She steps closer, steam blurring the edges of her, but not the intent in her eyes. \u201cYou don\u2019t get to order me away and pretend this isn\u2019t happening.\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t understand what you\u2019re doing.\u201d \u201cI understand exactly what I\u2019m doing.\u201d Her hand comes up, fingers closing around my wrist\u2014not stopping me, grounding me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the one pretending.\u201d Her fingers are inches from my cock. So close. So achingly close. My breath turns shallow. Too fast. My body betrays me again, tension coiling tighter with every second she stays. \u201cLook at me,\u201d she says. I don\u2019t. Her fingers slide up my arm, slow and deliberate, mapping muscle and restraint and the places I\u2019ve been holding too tight for too long. \u201cLook. At. Me.\u201d I do. I take her in. The water slicks her hair back. The drops running down her throat, over her breasts.<\/p>\n<p>The hunger in her eyes matches my own. Her chin lifts. Defiant. Unafraid. Choosing this. \u201cTell me to leave, if you can,\u201d she challenges softly. \u201cBut if you do, say it like you mean it.\u201d I open my mouth. Nothing comes out. She steps into my space. Steam. Heat. Her body so close I feel it before I touch it\u2014feel the pull, the gravity, the inevitability of what I\u2019ve been fighting since the kiss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I thought,\u201d she murmurs. She reaches down, her fingers curling around mine. I grab her waist\u2014hard enough to bruise, desperation clawing its way out. \u201cYou need to stop.\u201d Her other hand fists in my wet hair. She pulls my head down. \u201cMake me.\u201d That\u2019s it. The last thread snaps. I haul her up against me, the kiss crashing in rough and hungry, all restraint burned away in the collision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This copy is intended for the original purchaser of this print book ONLY. No part of this print book may be reproduced, scanned, transmitted, or distributed in any printed, mechanical, or electronic form without prior written permission from Ellie Masters or JEM Publishing, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only.<\/p>\n<p>Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author\u2019s rights. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return it to the seller and purchase your own copy.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for respecting the author\u2019s work. Image\/art disclaimer: Licensed material is being used for illustrative purposes only. Any person depicted in the licensed material is a model. Published in the United States of America JEM Publishing This is a work of fiction. While reference might be made to actual historical events or existing locations, the names, characters, businesses, places, and incidents are either the product of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n<p>OceanofPDF.com This book is dedicated to my one and only\u2014my amazing and wonderful husband. Without your care and support, my writing would not have made it this far. You pushed me when I needed to be pushed. You supported me when I felt discouraged. You believed in me when I didn\u2019t believe in myself.<\/p>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t for you, this book never would have come to life. OceanofPDF.com Also by Ellie Masters The LIGHTER SIDE Ellie Masters is the lighter side of the Jet &#038; Ellie Masters writing duo! You will find Contemporary Romance, Military Romance, Romantic Suspense, Billionaire Romance, and Rock Star Romance in Ellie\u2019s Works. YOU CAN FIND ELLIE\u2019S BOOKS HERE: ELLIEMASTERS.COM\/BOOKS Shop Ellie Masters Romantic Suspense and Steamy Contemporary Romance by series.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a short excerpt from the opening of &ldquo;&rdquo; by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. 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