Enjoy this excerpt from Betrayed - Book One in the “World Without Love Series.”

I’m awakened by the sounds of creaking wood and straining rope — constant protests to the unsteady pitch and roll of the darkness.

Dizzy and disoriented, I take a breath, trying to dispel the nausea. But the air is laced with the pungent smell of damp rot, and its raw bite forces me to shallow my breathing.

Staring into the darkness, I search for a shape, a silhouette — anything ...