[Forbidden book 02] Forbidden Rapture
Forbidden Rapture
Tales of the Forbidden,
Book 2
By
Jaden Sinclair
Forbidden Rapture: Tales of the Forbidden, Book 2, Jaden Sinclair
Published by
Melange Books, LLC
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
www.melange-books.com
Forbidden Rapture: Tales of the Forbidden, Book 2,
By Jaden Sinclair, Copyright 2011
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Line Editor: Taylor Evans
Format Editor: Mae Powers
Cover Artist: Caroline Andrus
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Forbidden Rapture
Tales of the Forbidden, Book 2
By Jaden Sinclair
Dane Knight never believed that there is one girl out there just for him,
or that she might walk right past him, until Samara Tabor did just that.
She is everything he could ever want. She brings out feelings inside him
that he never knew he had, or could feel for someone.
Having her summoned to the Compound is the easy part. Showing her
how right they are for one another, a bit more difficult. But when secrets
from the past come to haunt them, Dane’s love is tested and he has to
gather all this strength to fight for the one he loves the most—even if his
rapture is forbidden.
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Author Website
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Other stories by Jaden Sinclair at www.melange-books.com
The Proposal
“Kiss Under the Mistletoe” in Holiday Treats
S.H.I.L.O.- S.E.T.H.
Interplanetary Passion
Outerplanetary Sensations
Love at First Sight
SHIFTER SERIES
Stefan’s Mark
Claiming Skylar
Dedrick’s Taming
The Prowling
Cole’s Awakening
The New Breed
Seducing Sasha
Draeger Legacy
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Forbidden Rapture
Tales of the Forbidden, Book 2
By Jaden Sinclair
Chapter One
Dane Knight sat at the end of the long dining room table,
across from his grandmother, with yet another dinner guest and
her mother seated in the middle. He tapped his fingers on the
table, waiting for his grandmother to initiate the unpleasant
conversation.
For the past year now she’d been trying to get him to marry.
And not just anyone either. Oh no! Berdina Knight wanted her
grandson to marry a proper lady, not the trash that one of his best
friends married from the poor side of town.
Before Devon Noved got married, Dane’s grandmother was
about to ship Dane’s sorry ass up to the Compound to find a
bride, but after Devon’s marriage, she changed her mind. She
didn’t want to take the chance that he might come home with a girl
unworthy of the Knight name.
So she’d devised this plan. Great!
“You haven’t touched your soup.” Dane turned his head to
look at the young girl sitting to his left. She had to be no more than
eighteen, and her innocent brown eyes spoke to him of how little
she knew of what was going on. “You don’t like it?”
He was about to answer her question when his grandmother
spoke instead: “You’re being rude, Dane.”
“Am I?” He waited for her to look up from her soup. Berdina
had the same blue eyes as him, but hers were so much colder.
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She was a hard woman, and at age seventy-two, very
accustomed to getting her way.
She took him in when his parents disappeared during a trip to
the everglades. After being gone with no word for over nine
months, his grandmother had them declared dead and had herself
named sole guardian. Dane had only been fifteen then.
But her stern discipline and controlling ways had him instantly
rebelling. He’d hooked up with Blaine Cedric first. The two of them
would sneak out at night and go drinking. By seventeen, he was
hanging out, not only with Blaine, but also Devon Noved and
Darius Alistair and the four of them raised hell.
They partied, drank, and womanized like nothing anyone in
Treece had ever seen. They enjoyed many nights with many
different girls, not giving a shit if they were from the rich side of
town or poor.
The fun lasted three years before the group was broken up.
Blaine and Darius were shipped off to boarding schools in
different locations and Dane transferred to another school outside
of town. Devon was the only one that stayed put and on the
weekends, when Dane would come home, they’d take the town
again. Only then, they did it all as discreetly as they could.
But like Devon told him about a year ago, there comes a time
when they all must stop and grow up, and it appeared now was
his time. But he’d be damned if his grandmother was going to
dictate to him who he should marry. He wanted what Devon had.
He wanted to be happy with a girl that was just right for him.
“Funny, I thought you were the one being rude,” Dane
remarked, getting the reaction he was hoping from his
grandmother.
She dropped her spoon and motioned for the servants to
come and take the soup away. Next course was coming, and as
much as Berdina Knight put on the act that she wasn’t affected by
what he said, he could tell differently. She hated defiance, and if it
was done with witnesses, she hated that even more.
“How long are you going to play this little game?” He sat
forward in his chair, both elbows on the table, chin resting on
hands. “How many young girls do I have to inspect before you
give it up?”
“You need a wife,” his grandmother stated, glaring at him.
“And until the right one comes along, I guess we’ll just keep
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having guests for dinner.”
Dane narrowed his eyes on her before turning his attention to
the young girl. He saw, out of the corner of his e
ye, how her
mother watched him closely. “It’s Katie, right?” She nodded. Tell
me something, Katie, do you want to marry someone like me? I
mean, I’m sure your mother really doesn’t want you to and all. I
have a somewhat torrid reputation.”
“Dane—” there was a warning tone in Berdina’s voice.
“Are you still a virgin?” Katie’s face turned beat red and her
mother gasped.
“Dane!” Berdina snapped.
Dane tossed down his napkin, pushed away from the table,
and stood up. He glared at his grandmother before turning and
walking away. As far as he was concerned, dinner was over.
He made it to the hallway with the intent of heading for his
room to pack a few things for the weekend. The last thing he
wanted right now was to stay here as his grandmother ranted over
his behavior during dinner.
“Dane Richard Knight,” Berdina’s sharp voice caused him to
pause. On the heels of his feet, he turned to face her. “How dare
you embarrass and disrespect that young lady. You come right
back and apologize to her.”
“Grandmother, I’m tired of this game. If you want me to marry
then let me do it my way,” he sighed.
“And let you bring home trash like Devon did?” she huffed
back. “You are better than that and I refuse to let you degrade our
name.”
“Degrade our name!” he heaved in disbelief. “Do you even
listen to yourself? I’m twenty-nine years old, not fifteen. You don’t
get to run my life and tell me who to date anymore.” She opened
her mouth to speak, but he held up his hand. “Enough. I think it’s
time that we part ways. We just don’t see eye to eye or get along;
not that we ever did.” Once more he turned and headed for the
stairs.
“And where do you think you’re going? You’re definitely not
going to go see those hooligans you call friends.”
Dane was halfway up the stairs before stopping again. “Those
hooligans, as you call them, have been the only ones who were
there when I needed them. Now excuse me, I’m going to pack.”
He didn’t wait for a response. Two at a time he took the stairs
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and walked as fast as he could to his room.
For the past few months he’d been moving things from his
room to his home. All he had left was maybe a couple bags of
clothing. It took several months of moving his belongings behind
his grandmother’s back, and a couple years to build himself his
own home, but now it was time for him to take the reins of his own
life.
His house was about thirty miles from Devon’s. In fact, all four
of them built homes close to each other. Dane kept his home a
secret, as did Darius. Dane did it because he didn’t want his
grandmother trying to hinder his plans. No one had a clue as to
why Darius wanted it kept quiet.
He just finished putting his last bit of clothing in the suitcases
when his cell buzzed. He had a message.
Not going to believe this. Blaine is in town and wants to see
us. Meet you at his place. Devon.
Now that was somewhat of a shocker. Blaine, back in town?
Boy, there was going to be some money-hungry mothers out there
looking to hook him up with their daughters.
Dane waited until he heard his grandmother slam her
bedroom door. With a smile, he left his room with the two large
suitcases in hand. As quietly as he could, he went down the stairs
and out the front door.
His car was just where he had parked it this morning. Dane’s
ride was a black ford mustang convertible with black leather
seating. The top was down, so Dane put his bags in the back
seat, jumped over the door to the driver’s seat, turned the key,
and peeled out of the drive. For the first time in years, he felt free
and it was a feeling he wasn’t going to let go of for a very long
time.
The drive to Cedric Manor took almost an hour due to its
location deep in the woods. Cedric Manor was one of the first
homes to go up in Treece, but after Blaine’s father passed, Blaine
had it completely gutted. Dane didn’t know what the place looked
like now, but recalled it being dark and broody feeling the last time
he was there.
The drive came into view, and right off Dane saw the
changes. The ground was immaculate. The trees had been
trimmed, flowers were in full bloom, and a coat of fresh, crisp,
cream yellow paint had been added on the house.
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Two cars were parked in the drive, one belonging to Devon,
and the other Blaine’s. Dane parked right behind Devon’s, turned
off the engine, and got out.
The front doors were opened by a man dressed in a tailed tux.
“Good evening, Sir.” He looked to be in his fifties, but didn’t have
many wrinkles on his face. His tux was spotless, and he even
wore white gloves. “I’m Randal. Mr. Cedric is waiting in the dining
room, if you’ll please follow me.”
Construction was still going on inside. Walls were being
knocked down, floors redone, and other walls painted.
The house had many different levels with stair cases in the
middle. The lower level was a large library and ball room with a
wrap around stair case going down. That was definitely new, and
it was now tucked behind the grand staircase. In the back, straight
forward from the front door, up a short flight of stairs, and past
double doors was a large dining room.
“You son of a bitch,” were the words that came from Dane’s
mouth upon seeing Blaine sitting at the head of the table with his
feet resting on top. “I don’t know if I want to sock you one or hug
you.”
Blaine stood up with a smug grin on his face, walked right up
to Dane, and made like he was going to shake hands with him.
When Dane extended his hand out, Blaine took it and jerked him
into a tight hug.
For years Blaine had been banned by his father for his wild
ways. At one time, they were all known as the “playboys of
Treece”. This was the one and only reason Blaine was sent away.
To his father, Blaine was a disgrace to the family with his whoring
ways and diminutive respect for women. With the heart of the
group gone, as Dane, Devon, and Darius’s family thought, it was
easier for Devon’s family to bring him into line, Dane’s
grandmother to seize control of his life, and Darius to be shipped
off also.
Dane still messed around, only he learned how to be secretive
about it. He made extra sure his grandmother knew nothing of
what went on in his personal life, or who might end up in his bed.
Having done an exquisite job of keeping his social life a secret, he
was now bored.
“It’s good to see you, too.” Blaine strolled back over to the
table, looking more like a beast in a grand house than the lord of it
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with his long dark locks fanning out behind him as he walked.
“Now, where the hell is Darius?” He picked up two large tankers
filled with, what Dane suspected, was his father’s best brandy, the
drink that Blaine’s old man had said he would beat Blaine for, if he
ever touched it. He handed one to Dane, “I don’t have all fucking
year.”
“You would if you plant your ass and stay longer than a night
or two.” Dane took a sip of his drink, grinning at the dark look he
got from Blaine. “Really? Would it kill you to stay longer?”
“And be the next model for the poster boy husband?” Blaine
took a long drink, hissing as it went down. “No thanks. I like my
single life.”
Dane smiled, showing his bright white teeth. After Devon was
married and his wife informed them that Blaine was in town, Dane
went searching. He tracked down his old friend and gave him an
earful for not talking to them. He also gave him a nice right hook.
When Blaine mentioned how he had been in town many times for
business only, Dane sucker punched him again. Now, whenever
Blaine came to town, whatever the reason, he let them know and
they all got together.
Blaine was the oldest, followed by Devon. At twenty-nine,
Dane was very used to being a bachelor. He stood at six foot
even. His set of baby blue eyes could melt any girl’s heart at one
glance. Adding to his charm, he had soft blonde hair that was cut
short on the back of his neck with long locks on top that, when
tousled, resembled a wheat field blowing in the wind.
“Well, when she comes along, I sure hope I’m there to see it.”
Dane grinned. “I’d love to shake the girl’s hand that brings you
down to those golden knees of yours.”
Blaine pulled out a thick cigar and lit it. He blew the smoke at
Dane before flipping him off.
“Darius isn’t coming.” Devon came into the room, tugging his
jacket off and looking as if he was ready to kill him. “And to top
things off, no one can seem to find a trace of Cameron. So Kera’s
on my ass to find him ASAP. She thinks he’s going to come back.
Darius refused to tell me why he won’t come back. Argh! I swear