Connor's Claim (Body Count, #2)

by Jolie Vines

I enjoy m...

“...

“Cassie described the men on Arran’s club list as the worst of the wor...

There’s a tier be...

The men who serve time for crimes so bad the news channels can’t r...

Or ones the police aren’t able to prosecute because of lack of evidence, such as witnesses who are too...

If they’re in my city, it’s my job to t...

“This is what I enforce.

Arran plays a part, too.

He wants Genevieve to see because the two of them are going to get married a...

I don’t give a fuck about marriage but ...

You’re mine, so ye need t...

Watch me, not him, if ...

Understand wha...

With a possessive growl, he grasped my neck and pulled...

“It’s okay,”

“This is necessary.”

“You sound lik...

I couldn’t take my eyes off Connor.

“They cut off his penis.

I’m glad, but God.”

“Just watch ...

I guide...

She snuffled but raised her head, fixing on the impor...

It was the strangest ...

It was easy to maintain my calm and find my centre in this scene.

Connor was doing a job and one I saw value in.

I couldn’t do wha...

I couldn’t ev...

But I respected him, and I agreed that this ne...

If anything, him giving me this insight was a gift.

It showed me Shade, the gang enforcer, and the reach of his darkness.

It filled a gap in wh...

He’d wanted me to under...

Perhaps I’d never truly know what enabled him to do this, but—another splatter of blood soaked his t-...

Our men had removed a predator from the city.

A danger to womankind eliminated.

I took the lesson ...

“Did that frighten ye?”

“I’ve been doing this for over a decade in one form or another, starting with Phillips whose final words heard was me telling him his death was in your name.

He laid his hands on ye, and his death gave me a purpose.

I’m good at this. I have no intention...

I cupped her head, staring deep i...

“This ...

The rawes...

I stalk the s...

I eviscerate the men ...

I don’t have the same limits others do, and that i...

“You’d never h...

“Ne...