Restitution (The Edge of Darkness, #3)

by Leigh Rivers

“You are also my priority. I would have always hunted for you to the ends of the fucking earth, little one. I know you didn’t have the best relationship with your father, your brothers are useless pricks, and my son is shackled to a bitch on an insane power trip, but you have me.”

If Stacey ever lets me hold her hand again, will she feel all the death I’ve caused?

Me and four of their guys watched her be abused over and over while Archie made comments that resulted in me biting his ear off. One-eared Archie, the prick.

“I’ll fall to my knees and beg for forgiveness the next time I see her.”

“I’ll leave your hearing, so I can tell you when I win her back, so you can hear her moaning my fucking name. When I marry her. When she births my fucking children. And guess what? I’ll have all of that. You won’t. Because Stacey Rhodes has been mine since the day I fucking met her.”

“Don’t be afraid of me, Freckles,” he calls, spitting out blood that’s leaked into his mouth. “This is for us.”

We kept each other smiling. You gave me a reason to live when I felt like I was already dead inside.”

“Moya vechnost.”

“I love you. Every broken part of me has loved you from the moment I met you.” “I love you too,” she sobs. “I need you to come back to me. Please. Please, Tobias.” “It was never going to be an easy road. At least now I can do something good for my family. Live your life the way you were supposed to without me, Doctor.”

Can I resurrect a dead man and kill him all over again? Another death I barely remember. That pisses me off.

“I want your heart, every single fucking fragment that I’ve broken over the years. I have your past and your present, and I want to be a selfish asshole and have your future.”

I’d burn the universe just to see her smile at me the way she is now. She’s my entire fucking world.

“Before anyone else, love yourself, Miss Rhodes. You cannot give your all to someone if you aren’t doing the same for yourself.”