Devoted (Beneath the Mask, #3)
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Read between June 19 - June 21, 2024
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“You. Rosa. You are my endgame. You always will be.”
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“We will have as many last kisses as it takes to finally be back where we belong, tesoro.”
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“I’m thinking of offering Dante a job with us. Something low grade to start until he can earn our trust. I remember him being one of Marco’s best at one point, before it all went to shit. He can help with security on the shipments.”
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All the oxygen is sucked from my lungs as I come face to face with him. His amber eyes eat me up, his lips turned up into a sleazy smirk. That scar that runs along his left cheek. The face that haunts me.  Dante. My abuser. My rapist. My nightmare.
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“It’s all been agreed with your uncle. We’re getting married in two months. You’ll finally be mine.” A wide grin lights up his face. 
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“No. Rosa. We were never just a fuck. What we have is far more than that. We just have to be careful, for now. I promised myself, if you were happy with him, I’d leave you be. If you didn’t want me anymore, I could stop this. I don’t know why you’re doing this; I trust you will tell me someday. But for now, I will be here for you. Until you’re ready.”
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“Why the hell are you limping?” she hisses in my ear as I sit. “Jumped off a bridge trying to kill myself to get away from you.” 
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choke on a sob as he presses his lips to my forehead. In his arms, I am safe. I am loved, cherished, and everything in between. He is mine and I am his. He is my forever.
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“Rosa! I just licked your asshole. Are you really locking the damn bathroom door on me?” he shouts.
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“I love you, Luca. I love you so much.” My heart beats twice as fast. “More than anything. Now let me hear you say those words again.” “I will love you. Forever.”
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“I’m sorry!” she wheezes. “You look like you’re drowning in a sea of sparkles.” 
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“I love you. You are the only man who will ever own my heart, my soul, my entire being. Now I need you to remember that in the future. No matter what.” She grabs my hand and places it against her chest. “Yours. Only yours.” 
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“Anytime.” She smiles. “Plus, it means I get to read my smut in peace without Grayson wanting to put his dick inside me. I mean, I love it, but it’s hard work when you’re pregnant!” 
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I grab his hand, and he puts something in mine. I take it back and unravel the crumpled receipt he placed there and read the scribbled handwriting.  You will have my babies. All five of them. 
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Her fucking heart. The monsters ripped it right out of her. I slump over her, grabbing at my shirt. I can’t breathe, the metallic smell is suffocating me. 
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He presses the call button on ‘M’. The blood drains from me. A familiar high-pitched female answers the call. “Oh, hello, big brother.” My mouth falls open–Maria. Hearing her voice is a kick to the gut.
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“What? That I took her virginity?” He gives me a crooked smile. I look at a now pale Rosa, her bloodshot eyes meet mine, and she nods. “It was him, Luca,” she whispers.
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This whole time she’s been trapped with her rapist. And I’ve let this happen to her.
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“Marco was responsible for the death of my girlfriend. And my unborn child. That’s why I killed him, okay? That’s why I worked for Romano. I have been plotting his end for a long time.” 
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The four of us, we are sadistic fucks. Each of us has lived a life of pain. We aren’t good men. We never will be. But we will always be the best for our women and our children. Everything we do is for them. 
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“I was so angry. I knew that if you stayed, Dante would have never hurt me. And you would have never let him live like dad did. I became an addict because I was petrified he would come back for me.”
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“You saved me. That’s all that matters. I’m just glad to have my uncle Frankie back.” I hiccup. His chest vibrates against my face as he chuckles. 
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“I love you, brother. Never forget that. We might not have had the family growing up, but I’m glad we made our own.” His voice breaks as he speaks.  “I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
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I bury my face in her neck. “I love you, Rosa. I’ll be yours forever. One day we will have it all, whether it’s in this life or the next. My heart only beats for you. Now, please, go with Keller. Let me finish this.” 
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“Make sure you tell my nieces and nephews how legendary their uncle was.” 
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“Well, thank you. You’re no use to me now, though.” Maria brings her arm up to point her gun in Eva's face. She pulls the trigger. I avert my gaze as Eva’s body drops to the floor.
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She trembles slightly as she points the gun at Grayson. Everything seems to stop, her finger twitches over the trigger. I launch myself at her, snatching her wrist and pulling it towards me. I hear the gun go off first, then I feel the pain splintering through me. “Shit.”
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I just need to get to my Rosa. To tell her how much I love her. To kiss her one last time. I try to speak, but my body won’t let me. It’s giving up on me.
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“I need you to listen to me. You’re a fucking Falcone. We are strong. We are powerful. You, Rosa, are the strongest of us all. After everything you’ve been through, you amaze me. We need to go in there and be strong for Luca. We can never bring back the people we’ve lost, Rosa. It’s life. We can’t let it kill us. You did everything you possibly could for Eva. You always have. Don’t let this break you.”
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“You have a room full of people downstairs who would risk their lives for you. You have a woman sitting right next to you whose heart you own. You have nieces and nephews who love you. You have an army of men who respect you, who are willing to go to war for you. You matter, Luca. You spend your life sacrificing yourself for others, but I’m not letting you anymore. You come first, now.”
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“I loved you then, I love you now. It doesn’t matter how we got here. You were never broken, Rosa. You are my perfect little treasure. Only ever mine.”
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Our women provide us with a calm in the crazy. They bring us back to reality when we need it. Yet each one of us will burn down the world to protect what’s ours.
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“I mean, you’ll have to do all the legwork for a little while, baby. And my cock is really sore. I think you need to kiss it better for me.”
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“Dad?”  “Yes, son?”  “Have you ever been stabbed?”  “No. I’m too well behaved.” 
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