Consumed by Deception (Deception Trilogy, #3)

by Rina Kent

Lia startles but then flips off the driver when he calls her names. I make sure to memorize his license plate so I can cut out his tongue later.

As is true with any villain, right or wrong is never black or white. It’s always gray.

“Because you’re my wife and I’d rather die a thousand times over than put you in danger.”

It’s simple. I’m done treating my wife like a stranger when she’s always been the only person who mattered in a room full of people. The only person I see.

I fought the pull to you. I fought the lure of your rose scent and your breakable softness. But I couldn’t fucking last. Not when I craved your presence the moment you were out of sight. Not when my thoughts of breaking your purity turned to a need to protect it. I told you how different my love is, how dark it can get, but I do love you, more than I’ve ever loved anyone in my life. I don’t only need you; I also genuinely cannot live without you and the light you bring to my darkness. I know you deserve better, but I’m unable to let you go, so I’ll try my best to be worthy of you, Lenochka.”