Bound by Vengeance (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #5)

by Cora Reilly

But many people had made the same mistake – confused silence for stupidity, equaled lack of words with lack of understanding and knowledge. It was an error they might pay for one day. I knew most of their deepest and darkest secrets,

She made me want to treat her right. She made me want to be better. She made me want so many things I shouldn’t want.

I was like a moth drawn to her light. The only light that had ever penetrated the darkness that was me and my life.

“You are worth more than anything I’ve ever owned or will ever own.”

“Yes, she is. She’s worth more than you and I. She’ll be worth losing everything for.”

“I gave up hoping for something good a long time ago. It made things easier. Nothing could hurt me. Pain is nothing. People’s insults mean nothing. I cared about nothing. There was nothing I had to fear. But when I got you, I suddenly realized what kind of life I’d led. How little everything had meant. I like being with you, talking to you, sharing meals with you, walking Coco and Bandit with you, and even sharing a bed with you. I never thought I could like that kind of thing, never thought that I might need something like that, but now…”

“Now I’m fucking scared to lose all that, to lose you. I never knew I needed you but now I can’t imagine being without you. I…I love you, Cara.”