LOGINShe was fire—and she knew I was the one already burning.Nico murmured something at her ear. She smiled, then laughed, tipping her head back. Her throat exposed. His hand too close to her spine.She flicked her gaze toward me—barely a glance. Then turned away.My jaw tightened.“Jesus,” Cooper mutte
WESLEY's POVI arrived fashionably late, as expected. A calculated move—enough to rattle Mona and remind the rest of them I only appeared when I damn well pleased. Cooper flanked me in silent formation, his eyes sweeping the grand marble entryway like a soldier entering enemy territory. Technically,
But it wasn’t until I felt the sudden presence at my side that I knew the temperature had dropped.Wesley.He didn’t say a word, but the silence around him roared. He was dressed in his usual sharp lines and shadowed intensity, but something about him now was coiled—tightly held fury barely hidden b
CARA's POVThe zipper hissed softly as I adjusted the back of my dress, smoothing the fabric over my hips. The satin clung like a second skin, emerald green and deliberate—just enough modesty to pass as elegant, just enough curve to command attention. I glanced at my reflection, tilting my chin slig
I stood, calm and controlled.“She’s neither.”Mona’s eyes gleamed as she closed the last of the space between us. She was close enough that I could see the scar near her collarbone—the one she kept visible on purpose.“She should be one or the other,” she whispered. “Soon. Because people are watchi
WESLEY's POVThe hum of the servers was the only sound that didn’t piss me off tonight.I leaned against the edge of the control desk, arms crossed, eyes fixed on the monitors. Grainy footage from every inch of the estate flickered across the wall—shadows passing through halls, staff rotations logge
CARA's POVThe doorknob twisted.I stopped breathing.For one blinding second, I didn’t know what to hope for—another predator or a miracle. But then Juan stepped inside, his silhouette framed in the hallway light. My whole chest caved in with relief, but my heart… it started to pound. Not from comf
CARA's POVThe pain had a shape now. It lived just beneath my ribs, twitching and curling like a second heartbeat. I could taste iron on my tongue, maybe from the jolt, maybe from the fall. My arms were still bound behind me, wrists burning from the friction. My knees were numb.But I was awake.And
CARA's POV I listened helplessly to my phone going down the toilet drain. The silence after the splash was worse than the violence. My phone spiraled into the toilet with a dull, echoing plunk, the last flicker of hope vanishing in a swirl of water. My breath caught in my throat as David slowly
CARA's POVI swallowed, still staring at it like a nightmare. It's the key. The same one Juan told me to look out for.The mark of the Rizzos. But it was here. Right now on David's skin, glistening in the overhead lights. His clothes completely came off and he turned to me. I must’ve gone completel







