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“You begged me for protection. Unlike Nino, I have no trouble reading your emotions.”
“You are a Falcone now. My brother’s wife. You fall under my rule. That makes you mine to protect.”
Aweeeee
Nino wrapped an arm around my waist and left it there. “That was her last dance with anyone but us,” Remo ordered. “I don’t give a fuck about their traditions. She is under our rule now.”
Aweeeee
“What’s the matter?” “Nothing,” Remo said. “But her family is starting to piss me off.”
“We want to see the sheets!”
Sick
There had been blood the first time, the second time, and even the third time. Lots of blood, pain, terror, and begging. There had been no presentation of the sheets back then. Our maid, who had never come to my aid, cleaned them.
So heartbreaking
With shaking fingers, I brought the white pill to my lips. A hand curled around my wrist, stopping me. My eyes flew up to stare into Nino’s narrowed eyes. I hadn’t even heard him approach.
Omggggggg
“I won’t have you drugged.” He released me. I stepped back and turned around to face the bed, sucking in a deep breath. He was watching me.
And something in me just … broke. Something dark and scared and deeply buried. There was no way for me to hold it in. A bone-shattering sob ripped from my throat, and it hurt because of the memories that it brought up.
Omg I can not :((((
“What happened to you?” His voice was emotionless.
“I was thirteen,” I said, but then I couldn’t say more. I began shaking again, and he put a hand on my shoulder. I didn’t flinch this time. The touch was too clinical to elicit any terror. “Someone raped you.”
My heart :(
“My other uncle.” “For how long?” I lifted four fingers. “Four years?” I shook my head. “Four times?” Only four nights, yet every day since. Ever since.
Omg :(
“But I will find the man who did this to you and make him feel the same terror you did that night and pain unlike anything he thought possible. And eventually, when he has been begging for it for a long time and when he’s given up hope, I’ll grant him death.”
Good.
“Then why are you furious if it’s not because someone stole what you wanted for yourself?” “Because someone stole what you weren’t willing to give,” he murmured.
“I will find the man who raped you and slaughter him like a pig on these sheets. Do you think that will be enough blood for your family?”
WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
“Do you want your uncle to live?” “No,” I admitted. And that sealed all our fates.
Period
I raised my eyebrows at him. “She was scared to walk past me,” Remo said with a shrug.
“Luca would kill him if he weren’t family. I saw the look he gave the old fucker. And the guy isn’t even Luca’s blood. He’s married to Luca’s aunt.”
“I assume you are going to fuck him with your knife.” I stared down at the blade in my holster. I nodded slowly. “I’m going to take my time breaking him, body and mind.”
It's what he deserves
The moment Durant spotted me and my brother, his eyes widened. He dropped the glass and turned, fleeing the party and leaving his wife standing there with a dumbfounded expression.
Fool
Durant fell to his knees, clutching at his calf. “Nice,” Remo acknowledged as he came to a stop beside me.
Yup good job Nino
Durant’s gaze flitted between my brother and me, his breathing picking up. Terror started to fill his veins like poison. I knew the telltale signs. This was only the beginning.
Her dark eyes met Luca’s, and whatever he saw on her face convinced him because his expression turned to stone as he leveled his gaze on Durant. “You are subject to the Camorra’s judgment, Uncle.” His lips pulled into a smile not unlike the ones Remo was notorious for. “I’d tell you to hope for mercy, but we know you won’t receive any from Nino and Remo.”
Durant coughed, still trying to get his voice back after my throat punch. “Luca, I’m your family.” Luca sneered. “You are a child fucker. You aren’t family.” Luca looked from Kiara to Durant then to me.
Yup
“You won’t address her. You won’t look at her unless she gives you permission.”
Talk yo shi
I stared. “You think I’m beautiful?” “To think it would suggest it’s born of my imagination, but your beauty is fact.
AWEEEEEEEEE
“Your nights are safe. You are safe now, Kiara. Even in the dark, there’s nothing you have to fear, no one, because I am there and they will have to go through me. And no one ever has won against me. I am the most dangerous thing in the dark, but you don’t have to fear me.”
I love this
“I can do that.” Nothing in New York was holding me back. The only person I cared about and who cared about me was Giulia, and we had barely seen each other because she lived in Philadelphia and I lived in Baltimore with her parents. She also had Cassio’s children to take care of.
“You have nothing to be ashamed of. You did nothing wrong. Don’t turn yourself into the aggressor when you were the victim.”
Clock it
“Don’t you understand? I’m a woman. I’m guilty by default. It’s always like that. They will say I asked for it. A smile means I’m flirting. A nice word means I’m asking for it. Revealing clothes mean I’m inviting touch. That is fact, Nino.”
Real
One of them, a woman in her thirties with short brown hair, moved her gaze over to Kiara, whose pulse sped up under my thumb. That must be Dorma.
Yuppppp
Remo didn’t have many redeeming qualities, much like me, but one of them was his loyalty.
This is my home, and I’m not going to walk on eggshells because she can’t get a grip on herself.”
Damn wtf rude
I moved downstairs into the smaller living area in Nino’s wing and froze on the last step. There, beside the French doors, stood a beautiful Steinway D piano.
AWWEEEEEE NINO
“Why wouldn’t you be allowed to play the piano?” he asked. “I got it for you and it’s meant to be played.”
Upon looking into Nino’s beautifully cold face and seeing the dominance in his eyes, it seemed impossible not to take his words to heart.
He looked good in his swim trunks. In the last few days, I’d often caught myself staring at him.
I love
I hoped Nino didn’t realize how my body reacted to him.
I hope
“It’s not like anyone but you will ever see it,” I said, and his expression became strangely intent. “That’s true.”
“Yes, it does. I actually enjoy spending time with Nino. He is calm and incredibly intelligent. He makes me feel like I’m safe around him. Is that weird?”
“As much attention as you deserve, Kiara. You are too beautiful to lurk in the shadows. And as my wife, you will have to get used to the spotlight.” My insides warmed at his compliment. He’d told me that he found me beautiful before, but it still felt wonderful to hear him say it again.
AWEEEEEEEEE
“We could explore the physical options of our relationship, if you like. To be honest, I want you.”
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO
“It would also help if you imagine something that arouses you.” “You,” I burst out, feeling suddenly emboldened. Nino heaved a deep breath and something in his eyes shifted. “If that helps, yes. Imagine me.”
Wait stop. I love this
“It is. I won’t ever push you past your boundaries, but just because I haven’t claimed your body with my cock yet doesn’t mean I haven’t laid claim on you. You are mine. Mine alone. And for as long as I live, no one will touch you but me.”
Period Nino
“Would you like to go to our bedroom and explore?” he asked calmly.
Lol this is giving love island
I got up from the bench, startling slightly as his thumb pressed against my wrist. Why did he always do that?
To check ur HR
“Are you going to kiss me?” I asked her.
Oooo
Fingers shaking, I hooked them under Nino’s waistband and pulled his briefs down.
Omg
It was the first time Nino had initiated a kiss, the first time we’d been intimate outside of our bedroom. “That’s what I’ll do tonight,” he murmured then added in an even lower voice, “Between your legs.”
Ate that little one thing
“I—I want to sleep with you.” My body reacted at once, blood shooting straight into my cock, but I didn’t act on the impulse.
Lol
