It was a mistake to seek him out. Now she's caught, again. "Tell me why I should let you go? Give me reasons," he says, as he writes upon her naked skin with his calligraphy pen. While she struggles to remember why she should be free, he will use her and use her, and twist her around his fingers. He will make her forget her name, her sanity, and how to be a good girl. Once upon a time, he was nice. This is not a romance. This is carnal with graphic sex, dark and depraved, and this is a man to fear. Used is set in the Dark Hearts series world but is a standalone story. Previously published in When the Dark Wins, which is now unavailable.

Red fell into my hands and I kept her. Full stop. Done deal. I've been wading in a sea of crime, abduction, and depravity for so long that it's nothing to me. Until the day some men discover I can make most women do anything. These jerks want to use me to make them millions? They think they're powerful? If they persist, I will destroy them. But the way they hurt Red... it makes me look at myself. "I need you to help me become human again," I tell her. "Do it and I will release you." Is this love? I can see her wondering, but my powers have messed me up. I’m dead inside. I'm stone. Love is impossible. Guaranteed to contain dark themes, graphic sex, a HEA (happily ever after), and triggers.