The Outlaw Secret Heiress
Anastasia has spent twenty-seven years believing she is an ordinary kindergarten teacher, and has learned to be grateful for the little things. After losing her mother years ago, Anastasia has no family left to depend on.
One night, Anastasia returns home to find armed men waiting for her. She has no idea who they are or why they want her dead. Then Jaxon Cross walks into her life. President of the Black Vipers MC, Jaxon is the kind of man people cross the street to avoid. Cold, heavily tattooed, brutally protective and feared throughout the criminal underworld.
But Jaxon knows something Anastasia doesn’t. Her mother once saved his life. And before she died, she made Jaxon promise to protect her daughter. When another attempt is made on Anastasia’s life, Jaxon takes her to the Black Vipers’ club secluded compound in the Peak District, where she is forced to live under his protection. Anastasia hates being controlled and Jaxon refuses to let her die.
What begins as a battle between a stubborn woman looking for her freedom and a dangerous man determined to keep her alive slowly becomes something neither of them expected. Then Jaxon discovers the truth. Anastasia isn’t an ordinary kindergarten teacher. She’s the secret daughter of Victor Devereaux, one of Britain’s most powerful criminal cartel bosses and the rightful heir to an empire her stepbrothers will kill to control. Now the woman Jaxon promised to protect has become the target of an entire criminal dynasty. As enemies close in and betrayal reaches the heart of the Black Vipers, because Anastasia may have been born into a dangerous empire but Jaxon will make sure she survives long enough to rule it.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 20: THE DAUGHTERPOV: ANASTASIAFor a few seconds, nobody moved.The sealed envelope sat between us on the table, and I couldn’t stop staring at my name printed across the front.ANASTASIA GRACE.It was the same name I had carried for twenty-seven years. The same name that belonged to the woman who had grown up with her mother, gone to school, become a kindergarten teacher, and built a quiet life without ever knowing where she came from. Now that name was sitting on an envelope that could change everything.Rafe remained beside the table, his expression unusually serious.“What else came back?” I asked.He looked at Jaxon before answering, and that brief exchange immediately made my stomach tighten.“Rafe.”He finally met my eyes. “The laboratory confirmed the DNA match.”I frowned. “What match?”Jaxon reached for the envelope, but I caught his wrist. “No. I’ll open it.”His eyes dropped briefly to my hand before he looked back at me. He didn’t argue. I released him, picked up the envelope, and tore i
Last Updated: 2026-09-27
Chapter: CHAPTER 19: THE BLOODLINEPOV: ANASTASIAThe word DNA stayed in my head long after Rafe left the room.It sounded simple. Almost harmless. A test. A sample. A laboratory report. But somehow, that small test had the power to rearrange everything I thought I knew about myself. I stared at the folder Rafe had left on the table.For twenty-seven years, I had been Anastasia Grace. Clara’s daughter. A kindergarten teacher. A woman with an ordinary life and ordinary problems. Now everyone was looking at me as if I might be something else entirely. An heir. A Devereaux. Someone important enough for armed men to break into my home and risk attacking a heavily guarded compound.I hated it.“I’ll do it.”Jaxon looked at me. “You don’t have to decide tonight.”“I’ve already decided.” My voice sounded steadier than I felt. I picked up the folder and turned it over in my hands.“If Victor Devereaux really is my father, I need to know. And if he isn’t…” I paused, struggling to finish the thought. “I need to know that too.”J
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Chapter: CHAPTER 18: NO MORE SECRETS POV: JAXONI stared at the photograph on my phone until my anger settled into something colder. Someone had taken that picture from inside Anastasia’s room. That meant whoever had sent it hadn’t just breached the compound, they had been close enough to watch her sleep.I locked the phone and looked at her. She was standing beside me, arms wrapped around herself, still shaken by what she’d seen.“No more,” I said.“What?” Her eyes lifted.“No more half-truths.”She studied my face. I meant it. I had spent days trying to protect her by controlling what she knew, but every secret had only left her more exposed. Clara had done the same thing for twenty-seven years, and now we were standing in the middle of the consequences. I wasn’t going to repeat it.“There’s something you need to know about the name Devereaux.”She went still. I pulled out a chair.“Sit.”She sat. I remained standing for a moment before finally sitting opposite her.“Victor Devereaux is one of the most powerful crimi
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Chapter: CHAPTER 17: THE FACEPOV: ANASTASIAI could still see his face.Even with my eyes closed, it burned behind my eyelids. The man who had forced his way into my room, who had tried to drag me into the shadows while gunfire shook the compound, who had spoken my name like he had known it his whole life.I wrapped my arms around myself as Jaxon stood in front of me, his tall frame blocking out the cold gloom of the service passage.“Who was he?” Jaxon asked. His voice was controlled, but I could see the tension in his jaw. I looked at him.“I’ve seen him before.”“Where?”“Here. In the compound.”Jaxon went completely still.I forced myself to think. The man’s face had been partly covered when he entered my room, but when I fought him, the fabric had slipped. I saw him clearly.Dark hair. A narrow scar near his eyebrow. The same watch he worn the day I arrived at the compound.“I don’t know his name.”“Describe him.”I gave him every detail I could remember. Jaxon listened without interrupting, his eyes dark and
Last Updated: 2026-09-24
Chapter: CHAPTER 16: FIND HERPOV: JAXONThe blood was still wet beneath my fingers. For one second, I couldn’t breathe and then something inside me snapped.“LOCK DOWN THE COMPOUND!”My voice tore through the hallway, echoing off the bare walls.Every man within hearing distance stopped.“Nobody leaves!. Nobody comes in!.” I roared, steeping out into the corridor. “Search every building, every vehicle, every room. I want the grounds checked twice!.”Rafe appeared at the end of the corridor, gun still in his hand, his eyes scanning the chaos. “What happened?” I pointed toward the bedroom.“She’s gone.” His expression changed immediately.“Anastasia?”I didn’t answer. I didn’t need to. Rafe stepped inside, saw the blood and swore under his breath.“Find her,” I growled, stepping into his space.“We will…”“No.” I cut him off, my voice dropping in a dangerous whisper. “We don’t have time for ‘we will.’ Find her.”Rafe nodded once. He turned and started issuing orders. Within seconds, the compound was moving. Doors sl
Last Updated: 2026-09-24
Chapter: CHAPTER 15: THE ATTACKPOV: JAXONThe next shot shattered the garage window. Glass exploded across the floor. I grabbed Anastasia around the waist and dragged her behind the concrete support column as another burst of gunfire tore through the doorway.“Stay down.”I ordered She dropped beside me, breathing hard. Outside, the compound had erupted into chaos. Men were shouting. Engines roared to life. Boots pounded across the concrete as the Black Vipers scrambled into position.Rafe’s voice came through my earpiece. “Jaxon, they’re inside the east perimeter!”I pulled the magazine from my weapon and checked it before looking at Anastasia.“Do exactly what I tell you.”Her eyes met mine, wide and dark against the shadows “Where are you going?”“To stop them.”“Jaxon….”I caught her face between my hands for half a second. “Stay here.”The fear in her eyes almost made me stay. Almost. Then another gunshot cracked through the night. I released her and moved. The moment I stepped out of the garage, one of my men
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