Revelation of Abaddon

By Annamaria Bazzi

Freelance programmer, Mia notices two men moving into the house across the street. She’s immediately attracted Andrew. Handsome and charming, he sweeps her off her feet—yet there’s something else about him, too. Whenever she’s close to him, her mind and body crave pain. Confusion overwhelms her senses. Will falling in love with such a strange man be worth it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Annamaria Bazzi
• Release date: Feb 7, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301212163

Annamaria Bazzi

Although born in the United States, Annamaria Bazzi spent a great deal of her childhood in Sicily, Italy, in a town called Sciacca. Italian was the language spoken at home. Therefore, she had no problems when she found herself growing up in a strange country.Upon returning to the states, she swore she would speak without an accent.She attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Computers with a minor in Spanish.Annamaria spent twenty years programming systems for large corporations, creating innovative solution, and addressing customer problems. During those years, she raised four daughters and one husband. Annamaria lives in Richmond Virginia with her small family where she now dedicates a good part of her day writing.

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Revelation of Abaddon

Copyright 2013 Annamaria Bazzi

Published by Annamaria Bazzi

Copyright 2013 Cover Art by Amanda Bazzi

Editing and Formatting Services by Wizards in Publishing

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Revelation of Abaddon

By

Annamaria Bazzi

Smashwords Edition

Acknowledgements

My thanks go out to all the critiquers who have helped shape this story.

To my daughter Amanda, I love you and the beautiful artwork you created for the cover.

To Laura Garland, I couldn't have asked for a better editor.

To Wizards in Publishing and Kate Richards for all the help in getting the story published.

Chapter One

The misspelled name on the envelope glared at me. I picked it up and wondered how hard could it be to spell Mia? Nothing was simpler in my mind than to spell M I A—missing in action. After all, it was a popular military term. And then, there was Mia Farrow. Who didn’t know the ancient actress? I couldn’t help but humph for letting the typo upset me. Maybe I was too tired after a night of tossing and turning and shouldn’t let the mistake get under my skin.

Sitting at my desk wearing my favorite fluffy slippers and with the computer booted, I took a deep breath and concentrated on the program. My fingers worked the keyboard, and the fix to the system problem was on its way out. Two day ago, the corporate system stopped adding the sales of the Kentucky stores with the total sales from around the country. I studied the logic diagram sketched out on college ruled paper and made a few code changes to impact run time. The schema looked perfect, and as I admired the flow of logic, my fingers wrapped around the pencil and stabbed the back of my other hand.

Hard. Without a thought.

A deep gasp inflated my lungs, and my heart thundered. Oh my God! What am I doing? With a gaping mouth, I dropped the pencil to stare at the bead of blood forming over the