The love was worth the pain. The love so perfect so beautiful was worth the pain, was worth the death of me, was worth losing everything I ever had. Even if it was you that I lost. -- Unknown
Vicious Bliss: broken
Sequel to Vicious Bliss: fallen.
Katherine Merror finds herself on the other side, broken but not defeated. Her entire world has changed but she's determined to wrest control from those who would keep her as a pawn. Mikhail's desperate love seeks to entrap as strongly as Azer's obsession sought to free.
However, to go forward she must go back again.
Caught in the memories of the past will she fall prey to her passion for Mikhail?
Or will Mikhail's passion force the DeMontiers to murder once again?
WARNING: Broken hearts are heavy in this fic. Sorrow and longing are constant bedfellows. Content can and/or will include: memories of tender lovemaking, vicious betrayal, empty sexual fixations, and whatever other memories Katherine and Mikhail allow us to see.
Cast of Fools
Katherine Merror
Mostly-human. Keeper of Mikhail's heart if not always his loyalty. Seven years ago Katherine fell to pieces when Mikhail abandoned her three months after pledging his eternal love. Grief-stricken she ended up miscarrying their child. Katherine sought to forget her former life, choosing to indulge in anonymous sex and a violent death-wish. Now, the party's over and she must face the consequences of loving Mikhail too much and herself too little.
"I loved Mikhail more than life itself. I needed him, craved every piece of him, and wanted him just for me. I thought Mikhail perfect. Then he betrayed me, not by his unnaturalness, but his inhumanity. He tossed me aside like garbage. Just when I didn't think my agony could be any greater I found my Hell had just begun. I frolicked there for seven long years before almost dying. Set free from my self-hatred, I find that my love for Mikhail burns ever brighter. But things are different now and I cannot go back to be the same girl...no matter how much I sometimes wish it."
Mikhail DeMontier
Werewolf. Prince and absolute ruler of the DeMontier line. Filled with regret and self-loathing, Mikhail tried to rise above his past incarnations. Seven years ago he fled to America to put his past behind him only to have become the monster he feared when he betrayed Katherine. When forced to choose between the DeMontiers and her, Mikhail cut Katherine out of his life all in the belief she never truly could've loved him to begin with. Now, he's fixated on keeping her by his side regardless of the cost...
"It was my fault. All of it. I know this. So does she. Her hatred burns. But Katherine wasn't always like this. She still scorched, but I gladly suffered because she was my sun. Katherine made the past fade. She made me feel like I was more than what I am. But then she broke. Why? Because I kept her too close."