When It's Time

Darius Marino comes into his neighborhood store for his smokes and sees the most adorable little blond southern belle that just took his breath away. Something about her made him forget why he was at the store in the first place. He was beyond tired and wanted to get home and just sleep. However, he was alerted to her instantly. For six months, she just fascinated Darius with how she was with other people from all walks of life. So carefree and cheerful to everyone around, a real lady and he could tell she wasn't from around here. He would see hints of sadness in her bright blue eyes that always made him want to hold her. It would disappear so suddenly that it was almost like imagining it. Who was she really? He wanted to now her, and the more he knew, the more he was determined to protect her.

Salina was fourteen years old when her family was murdered. She barely escaped from a man that wanted to keep her as one of his special collections. To him, she is his perfect little doll, like the other little dolls in his collection. For the past ten years, she has been in hiding, yet he always lets her know he has found her. She is bound to end her nightmares and, with the aid of the Butch 9 Team, she is ready to face him once and for all. To her it is time. She starts working at this little convenience store under the name "Sayla" in Oklahoma City. Salina has always been able to feel other's emotions and been able to talk to people all her life. Things become complicated for her even more when she lays eyes on a man that she can feel no emotions from at all. However, she was feeling for him like nothing she has ever felt from herself. It is not the time for her to feel this way for a man she knows nothing about.