Escape Before Control Slips

James Anderson is done waiting for permission.

In the Shatter Me world, ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment, he means to strike at the threats still closing in, whether or not his family takes him seriously.

He wants uninterrupted time with Rosabelle Wolff, and he wants Sebastian dead.

Rosabelle intends to keep away from him: near James she loses control, and only absolute control will let her convince Sebastian—and through him, Klaus—that she is still carrying out the plan to destroy the rebel regime.

Aaron Warner Anderson is trying not to kill Rosabelle, a reluctant ally he can barely tolerate, while worry for his wife and their world consumes him.

Until he understands Rosabelle's true motives, he cannot decide what to do about James, and every path he can see leads toward heartbreak and destruction.