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LYSSANDRA

I've been surprised many times before.

I was surprised when I caught Arch and Cade together on my couch.

But nothing compares to this moment.

The next second, two men step into the elevator and they fill the space between Erden and I. Erden looks away, his jaw locked tight.

Tightening my hands around my bag, I step around the two men who move at once to block me from Erden.

One of the men with tattoos crawling up his neck, shakes his head. “Back up.”

Am I in an alternate reality? Because nothing else makes sense. Did I imagine him calling me his little shadow just now?

I crane my head to meet Erden’s eyes, but he looks away. “Erden, are you pretending you do not recognize me?”

“Miss, please back away.” The tattooed man repeats, the words rattling out from his chest.

His mate, wearing dark shades, step tighter together, creating an impenetrable wall, though they're barely tall enough to hide his face from me.

I back away, my heart slamming into my chest over and ove
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  • An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge   138.

    ERDENMy phone ringing the next morning drags drags me out of sleep like a blade across my skin.I'm jarred from sleep, though I hadn't seen realized I'd fallen asleep. I don’t move at first. My arm is tired where it’s draped over Lyssandra’s waist, her body curved into my side, her hair caught undee my chin. She breathes evenly, unaware of the sound vibrating against the nightstand.The phone keeps ringing so I grunt, and ease my arm free and reach for it before it wakes her properly. The name on the screen tightens something in my chest.It's Antonio finally, and damn it, I hope he has some goodnews for me, I fucking deserve some of it. I answer without speaking.“Your father asked for the guns,” Antonio says immediately. His voice is clipped, and tuned low. He must be somewhere he doesn't want to be heard. “Delivery. Today.”I sit up slowly, my back against the headboard, my eyes already searching the room like danger might be hiding in the corners. “Who did he send?”“I got a t

  • An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge   137.

    ERDENShe does not stop to consider my order. Almost against her will, Lyssandra takes my hand and comes to me, her movements almost jerky like her body still hasn’t caught up to her mind. I pull her onto the bed and she lands against my chest with a soft laugh that dies in her throat when my hands slide over her back. “You’re shaking,” I murmur into her hair. “So are you,” she says breathlessly. She’s right, I'm shaking. She's perfect, and she's running the show now. If only she understands how much control she rips away from me all by existing. I roll us so she’s under me and brace my weight on my arms, hovering just enough to look at her. Her eyes are blown wide, dark and glossy, her lips swollen from my kisses, and honestly, she looks wrecked already, and this in turn wrecks all my control. “Tell me to stop,” I say quietly.She laughs again, short and incredulous, and pulls me down by the neck. “You know I won’t. I never do, Erden. Just touch me like you'll die if you don't

  • An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge   136.

    ERDENI did not answer her question.The moment Lyssandra asked what was wrong, something inside me locked into place, sharp and urgent, and I stepped into her space before she could say another word. I took her face in my hands and crushed my mouth against hers, hard enough that her breath punched out of her chest.She froze for half a second.Then she kissed me back.Her fingers fisted into my shirt like she was anchoring herself, and the sound she made when our mouths met sent a jolt straight through me. It was not gentle. It was not slow. It was the kind of kiss that burned, that tasted like restraint snapping clean in half.My phone lay abandoned on the couch behind us.My father knew.Somehow, he had found out that I had spent time with her that afternoon. That I had stood beside her. That I had touched her again after all these years. I did not know how he knew yet, but I would find out. I always did.Still, I was not afraid.Not with her right here.Not with her body pressed i

  • An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge   135.

    LYSSANDRAErden says he wants me to spend the night with him as we’re driving back to my place. I dart a look at him. “That sounds suspicious. Should I be scared?”His lips curl into a wry smile. “You tease too much.”I smile, trying to mask the thrum of nervous excitement. “You were cold earlier. Now you want me to stay over, something changed.”“Nothing changed,” he says, but I can see the way his sce is suddenly tighter, and I think I know why, but I want him to say it. “That’s a lie.”His jaw tightens slightly. “Drop it, Lyssandra.”I do, but I am not convinced. Something is behind his coldness, something he isn’t saying.The drive is quiet after that. His face is calm, almost blank but there’s a tension in his shoulders, in the set of his jaw, in the way his fingers tap against the steering wheel. He’s thinking about something. We reach his house in silence. The gates slide open and the car rolls inside. He steps out and opens my door without a word. I follow him into the hous

  • An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge   134.

    LYSSANDRAI swallow and lie between my teeth. “I'm sure.” He nods, steps out and slams his door shut. He comes around to my door and opens it, take my hand and we walk to the restaurant together. Erden holds my chair out for me, and when I sit, his hand brushes my shoulder in a way that feels absent-minded but still sends a shiver straight down my spine.I should not be this affected by him, not after everything, and definitely not after all the lies stitched into my life. But I am.He sits across from me, resting his forearms on the table, watching me the way he always does, like he is paying attention to more than just my face. I can feel him reading my breathing, the movement of my hands, the way my eyes look away too often to the exit.“You look tired,” he says.“I had a long day,” I reply carefully.“So did I.”I manage a small smile. “What happened to picking me up for a quiet dinner and pretending the world is not actively trying to murder us?”“That is still the plan,” he s

  • An Ex-wife's Guide to Revenge   133.

    LYSSANDRAErden’s car is parked exactly where it always is, slightly apart from the others, black and predatory under the streetlight. I spot him immediately, even before I see his face, because some part of me always knows where he is. The door opens before I even reach for it.I slide into the seat, still adjusting my bag on my shoulder, still turning toward him with a half-smile on my lips, when his hand comes out of nowhere.His fingers wrap around my throat. His mouth crashes into mine at the same time, hard and bruising and furious, like he’s trying to swallow something that’s burning him alive. My breath shatters against his lips. My spine slams into the seat. The kiss is all teeth and heat and hunger and something dangerous that makes my pulse stumble. Shock lasts exactly half a second.Then I kiss him back. Because of course I do. Because his mouth always does this to me. Because whatever storm is living inside his chest right now is bleeding straight into mine. Because I c

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