We Will Reign (Wicked Boys of BCU, #1)

by Rachel Leigh

You can run, but you can’t hide. One day, Angel, you will be mine.

For her. Everything I do now is for her.

In that case, drag me down, baby. Abuse me. Hurt me. Love me.

my new motto is: don’t like it, don’t fucking look.

“Ridge Foster? You mean Freakshow? What do you want with him?” “Far more than I’d ever want with you,”

“I know what you’re thinking. I’m fucked up. But love makes you do crazy things. And I, Ridge Foster, am madly in love with Riley Cross.”

Are you sure she’s worth all this?” “This and more.” This and more.

“Oh, and, Ry,” she hollers over her shoulder, “Ridge says hi.”

He kisses me hard and he holds me so tightly that I’m not sure he’ll ever let go. He’d die in this kiss if it meant he died with his mouth on mine.

“Three. The crazy one. The cute one. And the weird one.”

I want someone who will get excited for the holidays with me. Watch movies in bed. Laugh at my stupid jokes. And hold me when I feel like I’m going to fall apart.

You’ve moved me, Angel. You’ve woken something inside my soul and now it will never rest again. I can’t risk fucking it up.

When he falls in love one day, he’ll understand the lengths I’m willing to go to for this girl. And when he does, I won't judge him. Hell, I’ll even help him bury the bodies.

“If I’m a monster, it’s because you made me one. Everything I do is for you. Every damn breath I take is for you. Don’t you see it, Angel? I love you, and I will no longer love you from afar. It’s too painful being apart. We’re destined to be together, you and me.”

“Ridge loves you the way Ridge knows how to love. It’s messy and chaotic. A bit distorted and morbid. But I can guarantee you’re the safest in his presence.”

“You are the only star in my sky, Angel. Guess I never realized you were also shining in someone else’s.”

“I suck at this shit, Angel. I’ve always worn my heart on my sleeve and assumed if someone could see it, they’d wanna keep it. I realized last night that’s not the case with you. I got so tired of loving you from afar that I approached too soon. Probably should’ve kept my mouth shut, but I couldn’t any longer.”

“More than anything in this entire world. I remember the first time your heart called to me, unknowingly. It was like a song in the wind. I laid eyes on you and all hope for myself was lost because I knew I’d do anything in this fucked-up world to keep you safe, even if it meant slowly killing myself in the process.”

Let me be your first. Your last. Your only.”

“She’s nothing to me.” “She’s everything. She’s everything, Maddox. She’s the sun and the rain, and the stars and the moon. She’s classic novels and horror movies. Song lyrics and music notes.” I drop down on the couch, letting the knife fall to the floor. “She’s fucking everything.”