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The Sanctuary Series

Hi, my name is Nikita Slater and I'm the International Bestselling author of The Queens series, Fire & Vice series, The Sanctuary series, Driven Hearts series and several standalone novels. I've loved the written word my entire life and am an avid reader, as well as a writer. I live, eat and breathe books and I'm always working on something new! ​ I live on the beautiful Canadian prairies with my son and crazy awesome dog. I have an unholy affinity for books (especially dark romance), wine, pets and anything chocolate. Despite some of the darker themes in my books (which are pure fun and fantasy), I am a staunch feminist and advocate of equal rights for all races, genders and non-gender specific persons. When I'm not writing, dreaming about writing or talking about writing, I love to help others discover a love of reading and writing through literacy and social work. Only the strongest can survive in a hostile world ravaged by a disease that turns humans into primitives. She is the Desert Wren, a rebel bent on providing safe passage to illegal refugees entering into her Sanctuary city. If she’s caught she’ll be executed, but the price is worth the privilege of doing what she knows is right. Except when she’s finally caught, the sentence isn’t death, it’s her freedom. It’s the Warlord’s job to weed out the weak and sacrifice them for the good of the Sanctuary. Brutal and autocratic, he is the highest authority. The only threat to his dictatorship is a rebel faction rising up from the slums of his city. When he arrests a rebel leader, the Desert Wren, he sees his redemption. She will help him guide Sanctuary into the future. He just needs to convince his little captive that she’s better off with him than flying free. What is the price of Sanctuary in a dying world and is it worth the sacrifice?

2019-11-25 · Sci-fi
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154 Chs

Chapter 129: Diogo

"Talk to me, baby."

I'm damn near ready to get down on my knees and beg. It's been two weeks since I found Taran in that Sector Seven hovel. Two weeks since she's spoken to me. I'd taken her straight home where Doc Bishop did a full exam, stitched her up and examined the baby. She'd refused to look at me, refused to speak to me, refused to acknowledge my existence after our initial meeting.

She knows about Xavier, knows that I killed her ex-husband. I'm not sorry I did it, and if I could go back and make the choice again, I would make the same one. Xavier Gunther was a traitor to his city, he needed to die, and I needed him to do it quietly. But this is not a choice my wife can understand, not one she will ever be in the position to have to make, so I can understand her feelings. To an extent. But this cold war our marriage has turned into must end. I want my wife back.