Pageant (Pageant, #1)

by Lilith Vincent

It contains captive themes, violence, and a Why Choose romance with ruthlessly possessive men.

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“I’m worried about Elyah,” I tell Kirill.

So he gonna be the last to break??

though my hair is dark blonde.

Can we please!!! For the love of all that is holy… get a chick OTHER than blond????? Fuuuck!!

What does a twenty-year-old Russian mafia widow

Widow? Jeeesh…. This is interesting…

Lugovskaya.

Here we go with these gat damn names…

I wander back to my little dove.

Nickname #1?? 😏😏

She’s my sunshine.

Nickname #2?

I’m on the cusp of thrusting into her when there’s a knock on the front door. No.

NOOOOOO!!!! 😭😭😭

“I have waited two years to say this to your face. You are dead fucking woman, Lilia Aranova.”

Jesus fucking christ... here we go with this shit..

The Hyde to his Jekyll. Being a hitman or enforcer for the mafia is one thing. Torturing women for fun, that’s beyond what I’ve ever known from even the most depraved men in my life, and I’ve known some violent bastards. My father was one. My husband was another.

sigh......

“If I start now, I will not be able to stop. I want Lilia Aranova to suffer. She is too rotten for quick death.” Kirill gives his friend a baffled look. “Then let me make her suffer.” “She is to suffer at my hands,” Elyah snarls, rounding on him.

He still loves her of course. ARGH - this shit is killing me - He things she betrayed him, and she thinks he betrayed her... FML I hate --- HATTEEE miscommunication tropes. .

Olivia looks pale and clammy like she might faint.

I low key hope that she doesn't die....

I’m not done with you, milaya.” Precious.

oooh - nickname #3!! I hope they all call her their own name (Den of Vipers has RUINED me)

A door slams in my heart. If she’d wanted that, she would have reached out to me, not the feds. We can never go back, and it’s all Lilia’s fault.

I'm getting tired of this....

I slip the key I stole from Elyah’s pants into the lock and turn it. I’ve never appreciated it until this moment, but there’s something blissful about the way a key moves in a lock.

SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPPPPPPPP

I won’t even contemplate it’s a possibility, even though I haven’t had my…the last time I had my period was…

omg ... please don't do this.... PLEASE