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Vivienne "Victor says hello." My father's name hit me harder than the sight of the gun. Victor. Why would a cartel assassin invoke my father? My brain stalled, snagging on the absolute impossibility of it. If a weapon is on you, Vivienne, don't think. Move. Julian’s harsh command from our sparring sessions snapped through the panic in my mind. I didn't try to turn around. I didn't try to negotiate. I just dropped to the floor. A muted thwip sliced the air exactly where my head had been a fraction of a second before. The gilded mirror above the sink exploded. Shards of heavy glass rained down, bouncing off the marble counter and raining over my bare shoulders. I hit the floor hard, ignoring the sharp sting of glass slicing into my knee through the slit of my silk dress. I spun around, sweeping my leg out exactly how Julian had taught me, aiming straight for the woman's ankles My heel connected with her shin. She stumbled, cursing sharply as the gun waved wildly while she fough
Savage Vows & Silken Lies chapter 17
Vivienne Sienna hugged me tight, completely oblivious to the fact that her ride back to campus was actually an armed convoy. "I'll call you tomorrow, Viv. Julian, thank you for lunch!"Julian offered her a warm, practiced smile. "Anytime, Sienna. Stay safe."The heavy steel door sealed shut. The second the lock clicked, the air in the penthouse dropped ten degrees. The perfect, charming brother-in-law was gone.Julian turned to me. His jaw was tight, his dark eyes entirely hollow. The silver pocket watch, my father’s watch, sat on the glass dining table like a live grenade."Matteo," Julian barked without looking away from me. "Pack a bag for the girl. She isn't going back to campus. Move her to the upstate safehouse. Double the guard.""Wait." I stepped forward, my panic spiking. "I'm not letting you lock my sister in a cage too."Julian finally looked at me. "Your father just used her as a messenger. The men who handed her that watch could have put a bullet in her head just as easi
Savage Vows & Silken Lies Vivienne
Chapter 17The blood on the marble floor was gone. It had taken Julian’s men less than an hour to scrub the hallway clean after the breach three days ago. Victor’s men hadn't made it past the steel door, but the reality of how close they came had sent me into a blind panic.I screamed, throwing my things. I had demanded proof that my sister was safe.And now, the private elevator chimed.The steel doors slid open, and Sienna stepped into the foyer. She was wearing her oversized college sweatshirt, her backpack slung over one shoulder, looking incredibly young and entirely out of place in the sterile, high-security fortress."Viv!" Sienna dropped her bag and ran toward me.I caught her, wrapping my arms tightly around her shoulders, burying my face in her hair. She smelled like laundry detergent and cheap campus coffee. She was safe. She was whole. I closed my eyes, letting out a shaky breath that felt like it had been trapped in my chest for three days."You're squeezing me to death,"
Savage Vows & Silken Lies Julian
Chapter 15The red strobes painted the marble hallway in violent slashes of light. The automated lockdown siren was a deafening drill against my skull, but it barely registered over the pounding of my own pulse.Sector Four. A perimeter breach in my private wing.I rounded the corner, my finger resting on the trigger of my Glock, my jaw locked so tight my teeth ached. Matteo was two steps behind me, his assault rifle raised, his eyes scanning the shadows. No one breached Sector Four. The encryption was military-grade. If Victor’s men had somehow bypassed the perimeter to get to the penthouse, I was going to paint the walls with them.We reached the heavy steel door. The magnetic lock was fully engaged, sealing whoever was inside."Stand back," I ordered Matteo. I punched my master override code into the keypad.The heavy lock disengaged with a loud crack. I kicked the door open, sweeping the room with my barrel, expecting to find a squad of cartel rats tearing my safe apart.Instead,
Savage Vows & Silken Lies Vivienne
Chapter 14The ghost of Julian’s touch still burned on my skin, a cruel reminder of the night before.He had been so close. I could still remember the heat of his breath against my lips, the heavy, dark look in his eyes that made me forget the contract, the danger, and the cage I was living in. I had leaned in. He had wanted it,I knew he did. But then he had pulled away, his expression snapping into a mask of pure ice before he walked out without a word.The rejection stung, but the anger it left behind was highly useful. It burned away my hesitation.I stood at the end of the long hallway, my bare feet silent against the cold marble floor. At the very end of the corridor sat the heavy steel door to the East Wing. Julian’s private domain. The maids weren’t allowed inside. Even the security detail stopped at the threshold.Julian was downtown at a supposed board meeting. Matteo was in the basement garage dealing with a secure delivery. I had exactly a fifteen-minute window before the s
Savage Vows & Silken Lies Vivienne
Vivienne."To extort me."Julian’s voice cut through the terrified silence of the office, cold and smooth as a blade. He didn't blink as he stared down at me. "Your father is a desperate, bankrupt man, Vivienne. He knows I have endless capital. He hired a street thug to grab Sienna so he could hold her for ransom. It’s leverage."I stared at him, my chest caving in under the weight of the betrayal. My father was a coward who ran from his debts, yes. But to put a hit on his youngest daughter? To sell me, and then hunt her?"He’s a monster," I whispered, the words tasting like ash.Julian’s jaw tightened. A strange, dark shadow passed over his eyes. "Yes. He is."Hours later, the penthouse was suffocatingly quiet. It was past two in the morning, but sleep was a joke. I paced my bedroom, the adrenaline crash leaving me hollowed out and shivering despite the heavy silk robe wrapped around me. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that grainy photo of the man tailing Sienna.And then I saw Ju
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