Insatiable (The Edge of Darkness, #1)

by Leigh Rivers

Yep. He can keep his crazy; I have my own.

“My name is Stacey.” Her voice is soft, quiet and calming. Colour me even more fucking intrigued. “I joined Luciella’s dance class a few months ago.”

I try to ignore the addictive scent of mint, cigarettes and Tom Ford’s Noir. The same aftershave he’s used for years. I try to ignore him, but his presence is everywhere, even after two years of silence between us.

My own worst nightmare. The stepbrother you don’t know about. For my own sake, and my friends’, I’ve kept his identity a mystery and do my best to make sure it stays that way. My older stepbrother Kyle is an angel. He loves me like a brother should. But then there’s Christopher…

No one fucks Stacey and gets away with it. I can’t have her, but nobody else will.

She does run an entire empire in the underworld and holds a senior rank in Police Scotland. I have nowhere to run.

Maybe I should take a leaf out of my dad’s book and not give a fuck about anyone. Everyone seems to think I’m just like him – might as well prove them right by killing the head of the Scottish underworld.

We had everything, and now we have nothing but lies and grudges. I can’t be mad at him – not really. But he walked away so easily, and I couldn’t fight for him.

“When I find out who hurt you, I’m going to fucking destroy them. I’ll make sure to bleed them dry then fuck you next to their corpse. You got that?”

I had five rules I stuck to for two years. Rule one: Stay away from your toxic ex-girlfriend. Rule two: Don’t unblock her number. Rule three: If you’re both in the same room, don’t fucking look at her – it’s a trap. Rule four: Under no circumstances will you have any sexual interactions with her. Rule five: Never forgive Stacey Rhodes.

I’ve taken over one hundred lives in only two years, whereas he’s killed four people.

He laughs, and it sends a chill up my spine. “You think I’m stuck here? That’s insulting, son. It would take me less than a day to be out of here and halfway to Scotland.”

My brow raises. “You could escape?” “In a heartbeat. Now tell me what’s going on?” I ignore the second part. “Why haven’t you escaped then?” “My family is happy – why would I ruin that? I hurt your mother by trying to love her the way she needed. As much as she will always be everything to me, I could never give her what she wanted.”

“Head of Police Scotland Bernadette Sawyer

Because fuck him. Losing your voice to everyone is one thing, but losing your voice to someone you loved – trusted – is ten million times worse.

Staying silent is like being in a mental prison.

“Don’t be afraid of me, Freckles. Sometimes people need to change to survive.”

He’s a million shades of psychotic obsession, but somehow, he was the one who made me see that I was falling in love with Stacey when I was a teenager.

“Mani pārdod seksam un nāvei, lai aizsargātu visus, kurus mīlu.”

“Tajā skaitā jūs, vasaras raibumi.”

“She was my granddaughter. No one takes from me and gets away with it. Once I deal with Kade, I’m going to hunt down whoever is responsible. I promise you, little one.”