Claimed by the Mafia Biker
He left her in ruins. Now he’s back… and he’s not alone.
Five years ago, Nova Quinn vanished in the middle of the night, carrying a secret that could destroy everything. She buried her past, changed her name, and built a quiet life far from the chaos she once knew.
But when Cruz Maddox, the tattooed, possessive mafia biker who shattered her heart, walks into her diner with blood on his hands and danger at his back, Nova’s carefully guarded world begins to unravel.
He says someone is hunting her.
He swears he’s the only one who can protect her.
And he’s not leaving without answers.
But the closer Cruz gets to the truth—the secret Nova’s been hiding since the night she ran—the more explosive their chemistry becomes.
Old wounds bleed into new betrayals, trust is tested, and desire burns hotter than ever.
Because Nova isn’t the only one with something to lose… and Cruz isn’t the only one watching her.
She ran to protect her secret.
But some sins won’t stay buried.
Especially when they have Cruz Maddox’s eyes.
Basahin
Chapter: Chapter Five — The Stranger In The Shadow “You have five minutes to decide, Nova.”Cruz said with a low and thunderous voice that made me tremble.I crossed my arms, trying to stay upright despite the way my knees threatened to buckle. “Or what? You’ll burn down my life again?”He took a step forward. “You already burned it when you ran.”“You don’t get to do this.” I jabbed a finger at his chest, but it was like poking steel. “You don’t get to show up after four years and—”“Three years, ten months and two weeks.” His voice was cold. “That’s how long it’s been since you disappeared.”The pain in my throat choked me silent.Cruz’s jaw ticked, and his eyes flickered down to where my hand still rested against his chest. He looked at it like it was both a miracle and a weapon.“You didn’t even tell me,” he said, softer now. “You didn’t even give me a fucking chance.”I couldn’t look at him. My eyes burned. “You would’ve dragged me back into that life. The drugs, the guns, the blood—”“The club is clean now.”I laughed, bitterly
Huling Na-update: 2025-07-23
Chapter: Chapter Four — Ultimatums And Fire“You have five minutes to decide, Nova.”Cruz said with a low and thunderous voice that made me tremble.I crossed my arms, trying to stay upright despite the way my knees threatened to buckle.“Or what? You’ll burn down my life again?”He took a step forward. “You already burned it when you ran.”“You don’t get to do this.” I jabbed a finger at his chest, but it was like poking steel. “You don’t get to show up after four years and—”“Three years, ten months and two weeks.” His voice was cold. “That’s how long it’s been since you disappeared.”The pain in my throat choked me silent.Cruz’s jaw ticked, and his eyes flickered down to where my hand still rested against his chest. He looked at it like it was both a miracle and a weapon.“You didn’t even tell me,” he said, softer now. “You didn’t even give me a fucking chance.”I couldn’t look at him. My eyes burned. “You would’ve dragged me back into that life. The drugs, the guns, the blood—”“The club is clean now.”I laughed, bitterly
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Chapter: Chapter Three — We Were Never Meant To LastThe apartment was too quiet.I sat on the couch in the dark, with my knees pulled to my chest and my phone clutched in one hand even though I wasn’t calling anyone.What would I even say?Hi, I think the man I’ve been running from for four years is about to tear apart everything I’ve rebuilt.Cruz knew.Not everything, not yet.But enough to make my chest feel like it was wired to a ticking bomb.He said he wanted to see her.He said he was coming for both of us.And the worst part?A part of me wanted to let him.That part that still remembered how it all started, before everything fell apart.Four and a half years ago.I was twenty-one. Broke and pissed off at the world. Working late-night shifts at a gas station off Route 9 just to keep my tiny one-bedroom apartment.I hated it there, because the floors were sticky, the lights flickered, and half the customers were either high or rude.But one night… he walked in, wearing black boots, a leather jacket, tattoos creeping up his neck
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Chapter: Chapter Two — He Wants What He Shouldn't HaveThe bell above the diner door didn’t ring again that night.But somehow, his presence was still there.Every time I turned around, I half-expected to see him leaning against the counter with that mocking smirk and those eyes—sharp, calculating and hungry.I cleaned the same table three times.“Nova,” Georgia, my manager, said from the register. “Go home. You’ve been off since that guy showed up here.”I forced a smile. “Yeah… just didn’t expect to see a ghost tonight.”“Is he your ex?” she asked, raising a brow.Something bitter twisted in my chest. “Something like that.”“Well, he looked like trouble,” she said, handing me my tips. “And baby, you’ve already got enough on your plate.”I gave her a nod and tucked the money away. She had no idea how full my plate actually was.By the time I walked out into the cool night air, the street was already quiet. I held my keys tight in my fist like a weapon and scanned the parked cars.No way he was still out here.Right?I headed towards my
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Chapter: Chapter One — The Man I Never Wanted To See AgainI was wiping down a cracked Formica counter, lost in the sound of the diner’s humming refrigerator, when the bell above the door rang.“Seat yourself,” I said automatically, not even glancing up.Then I heard steps, the kind of steps that don't ask for attention but commands it.My spine stiffened and something deep in my chest twisted tight. I lifted my head.And there he was.Cruz Maddox.The rag slipped from my hand and hit the floor, I stopped breathing and I couldn’t even blink.Four years and he still looked like the same beautiful, brutal storm I’d barely survived. “What the hell…” I whispered, but the words came out breathless.He didn’t smile, he just stared and then started walking straight toward me.“Nova.”He said.That voice, God It was like a punch to my stomach and a hand around my throat all at once.I stepped back. “You shouldn’t be here.”He kept coming. “You’ve been hiding, sweetheart.”“I’m not your—” I choked on the word. “Don’t call me that.”Cruz stopped on t
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