Jack 'the Captain' Remington III had loved Maria Folk since the first day he had seen her in Kindergarten. From that day forth, he had known in his heart that he was going to marry his little playmate: the girl with the dark blue eyes that had stolen his heart on the playground. And no one said no to him when he wanted something.Everything changed for Jack and Maria's friendship a few years later when tragedy struck the Remington family. When Jack's parents were killed by terrorists, he had blown it. Wracked with anguish and despair, he had turned outwardly cruel and had pushed away the one person whose affection he had so desperately craved. He had mercilessly teased Maria for years, never giving her a moment to catch her breath. After so many years of torment, Maria hated his guts. He had no one to blame but himself and he knew it.After the world was ravaged by disease and destruction, Jack knew that he had a fresh start: a chance to become the man his father would have wanted him to be. He would rebuild society and provide a home for Maria: one where she could really belong for once. While he worked to bring society back together, he kept watch over Maria as she tried to survive in the woods. It was the only place that she had left after losing everything and everyone that she had ever loved. Seven years after the world ended, Maria's chosen sister, Talia, was kidnapped. She was taken by the King, a man who simply wanted to dominate and control all of the people in his wretched Kingdom and make Talia his bride. After a chance encounter at the community Jack had built, Maria needed to make a choice: did she trust her former tormentor to help her? Or did she try to save Talia on her own?Jack's help would come at a price. He wanted to have her. He always had. He wanted to start over and finish what they had started. Would Maria swallow her pride, enter Jack's bed, and allow him to collect upon her in order to save Talia? Or would she walk away for good this time?
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