The Reaper (Dark Verse, #2)

by RuNyx

Black slithered around the edges of her vision. A lead weight settled upon her chest, rendering her incapable of the simple act of breathing.

Is she having a panic attack ?

The blackness around her vision receded a bit, the ugly emotion holding her captive releasing its reins. “Breathe.”

Yupp definitely a panic attack.

“And the fourth wing?”

😏… I have to do it. For all my fellow fourth wing girlies🤭… “A dragon w/out a rider is a tragedy. A rider w/out a dragon is dead. Welcome to the Fourth Wing.”

I love that he’s basically her anchor ♥️🥹. Wow. I’m seeing the real chemistry between them now.

especially when one of them had her sights on her man.

That’s right girl ! Claim yo man honey 💁🏽‍♀️😛

Morana gave her hair a final brush with her fingers, stepped into her one pair of golden heels,

You packed heels but no dresses or clothes ??? Girl.

Tristan Caine: Jealous? God, he had to be the stupidest man on the face of the earth. One did not ask a woman who was jealous as hell if she was jealous. Just no.

Lmaooo😭. Men are funny. Until they’re the ones jealous and now it’s all growls and seething and chaos. 😭

“So what’s the deal with Chiara and him?” "Who?" Morana rolled her eyes. "Dante!" Dante cut a glance at her, smiling, before turning again. “You should be having this conversation with him.”

Lol, I like Dante. 😂 He’s almost brotherly w/ her now.

And it tilted her world on its axis because he had a dimple.

Men with dimples are adorable.🤭

She went on her toes to get level, canting her hips to ease access for him as his fingers left her, going to under her knee and pulling it up. She balanced her foot on the edge of the dresser, with the other held up on her toes with his strength.

I can’t tell y’all how many times I had to reread this to make sure I was getting the positions correct 😂

with a simple wraparound porch.

Ugh, I love a good wrap around porch.

“Another moment?” Dante grinned, before shaking his head and walking out the main door wordlessly.

Lmaoo, I’m really liking Dante a lot more in this book.

Morana heard it, and her lips trembled with the sudden urge to chuckle. She pressed them together as the sound came again, softly. Tristan 'The Predator' Caine snored like a baby.

Lol. Of course he does. ❤️

Dante stood up, a small grin playing on his face. “You moved in quickly. Shouldn’t you wait a bit, see if this is the man you want to spend the rest of your life with?”

More and more I’m liking Dante. Lmaoo. He’s adorably sweet and strong and funny.

imreaper00: you’re missing a keyword.

I thought so. I knew it. But what happened to Reaper back then ?

forget tracking her down at the speed at which her signal was flying all around the world, it should have been impossible for anyone to even discern what she was doing there. Absolutely impossible.

Girl, you seem to struggle quite a bit w/ this tech stuff for a so called “Genius”. I’m just saying 🤷🏽‍♀️. Maybe you could brush up your skills somehow… 😬

a grudging seed of admiration filling her because they flew through all her security. Her security was the shit.

Lol, was it ? 😬 Was it really ?

imreaper00: flesh trade Morana felt her breath catch for a long second, the implication of those two words making her heart sink. No, god no.

Is this not sex trafficking of some sort ? Or is this like slavery of some sort ? Idk.

she heard the familiar, grave voice behind her, “Don’t turn.”

Girl please, his ass would be SOL fucking w/ me. I would’ve turned around so fast w/out a second thought. He’s holding way too many cards.

“I have nothing against you or The Predator. You’re his woman and I have no wish to make an enemy of him.”

😛..period.

“Are you the reaper guy? How did you get past my security?” The man paused. She had a sense he was surprised. “No, Ms. Vitalio. I’m not.

Well shit… what do we need to talk you for if you’re not THE REAPER ?!?🙄

sighing because he needed to learn to process shit. She already had her hands full.

I love how understanding of him she is & how patient she is w/ him. But also the fact that she teaches him and provides that emotional stability and maturity for them. They’re growing together and I enjoy watching it play out.

But he hadn’t touched her or initiated any kind of intimacy since that day. And it bugged her.

Okaaayyy, so you start it then. Throw on some of that new lingerie you got and go get your man !

“If you burned as I burn with the need to claim you. That I wasn’t alone in the fire.”

Oh, he’s annoying for that. 😭

The gods of oral would be proud.

Lol. Hilarious.

Tears streaked down her cheeks, a long, painful wail leaving her chest as she collapsed into his arms, sobbing for a brother she’d only had for a few days.

Oh noooooo. 💔🥺 Noooo, I hope this a fluke of some kind. This can’t be real.

“And if I walk,” she tilted her head, keeping her voice even, “you’d let me go.” The stark pain in his eyes told her everything she needed to know. “Then, shut up.”

That’s right girl, fight for yo man and keep him together.

“I’m so in love with you, caveman.” She saw his eyes flare slightly, his hand coming to rest around her neck, gripping her firmly. “You can’t take that back,” he warned her fiercely.

♥️♥️

“I’m not going to take it back,” she told him, her breathing heavy as he seated himself inside her completely. “I mean it, Morana,” he threatened her, his eyes so alive she felt buzzed. “You cannot take it back. Do you understand me?” “I won’t,” she reassured him.

🥹❤️❤️❤️ this is such a moment for them. & to think that it’s really only been a few weeks. A month and half at best.

The night continued, and he showed her everything he felt that he couldn’t say.

These fade to backs are bogusssss. Lol. 🍅🍅🍅

Morana raised her gun and pointed it to his head, her heart hurting. “Did you kidnap girls and trade them twenty years ago?” she asked, her voice shaking.

What’s the point in asking that if you already know the answer ??

Morana opened her mouth to reply but no sound came out. She stared, wide-eyed, at her own reflection, trying to call out but her throat closed up, a ball lodging itself there, suffocating

Cue the panic attack. 😬 Oh sweetie.

“You might have been born with another name but you are Morana. My Morana. You’re the girl I killed for and you’re the woman I’d die for. You are mine and you are exactly where you’re supposed to be. Don’t ever question that again, do you understand?”

Well look at him showing his emotional growth and shit. Love the emotional maturity. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💖

“Don’t hate me again.” His hand flexed on her throat. “Do you know why I enjoy holding you like this?” She shook her head. “I can feel your life under my hand,” he stated, his eyes burning on hers, his fingers locking her life to him. “Your body, your life, your heart – they’re all mine now. Trust me to keep all of them safe.”

Ugh🥺. Wow. Ugh, the love is REAL ! ♥️

“But I never, ever want you to not walk into a room and know that every part of me, fucked up man and the lost boy, belong to you.”

I wish we could have dual POV’s Ru NYX🙄… this what I’m missing. This is what I need more of. & not just in the epilogues or flashbacks. TF ! Give me what I want Ru !🥴

And with one woman he loved beside him, searching for the other he had lost, Tristan felt loved, accepted. Whole. And he would go through it all, over again, just for her.

♥️♥️♥️