Cruel Promise (Oryolov Bratva, #2)

by Nicole Fox

I’m going to take care of you as such. I’m going to spoil you and I’m going to protect you. That goes for the kids, too. You, them—you all belong to me now, Emma Carson. And if you ever leave, I will just drag you back here. I will drag you back into my house and my bed because this is where you fucking belong.”

Sometimes, people say stuff they don’t mean because they’re afraid of what might happen if they were completely honest.”

Move your head. Anticipate. Feel the air move before the punch comes.