Mag-log inI had not expected to wake up. When the darkness took me, I had felt nothing. Opening my eyes to find myself in a hospital was confusing. I had looked at the machines in surprise.'Wh, what happened?'I managed to croak out, and the Nurse looked at me with a frown. Clearly, she did not understand English. She patted my hand and indicated the door 'Medico.' [Doctor]She said, which I guess was easy enough to convert into English.I lay still, watching the door and the young man who entered, who hardly looked old enough to be qualified.'Principessa, it is good to se you are awake. How do you feel?'I looked at him in disbelief and could not stop my anger bubbling up like a volcano. 'I feel wonderful, Doctor. Perhaps everyone should try drowning for health reasons.'I snarked at him, wishing I were strong enough to get out of the damn bed and slap his patronising face.'How the fuck d
I had been watching Tavisha all night. Something wasn't right. My feisty, brave Principessa has disappeared. Instead, I'm looking at a painted doll. This is not her.'Che diavolo è successo tra loro ieri sera?' [What the fuck happened between them last night?]My thoughts run riot, imagining all the things Santino might have done to her, my pretty little innocent Russian captive. She hasn't touched the drink she was given, and the food on her plate is ignored. She has not acknowledged anything or anyone; she is an empty shell, and it is killing me. Reaching out my hand, I go to lift a pretty curl from her face and push it behind her ear; it's something I have done a hundred times before. Her violent flinch away from me is like a million darts into my heart, shredding it into a million pieces. When she jumps up and makes a run for it, my reaction is instinctive. She is fast, kicking off those killer heels, she runs like the wind, her long pale hair falling out of its carefully arranged
'Why hadn't I killed him?'The thought buzzed through my head as he dragged me to his bedroom. 'Why couldn't I pull the trigger?'I knew they would have killed me; his guards would have emptied their guns into my body, but would that have been a bad thing? I wasn't stupid. I knew exactly why Santino had brought me to his bedroom. I could read the lust in his eyes when he tossed me onto the bed. Then he spanked me again, and this time, to my eternal shame, my body responded. He knew it. The minute my body responded to him, he cuffed me to his bed and spread my legs. His eyes locked onto my core hungrily, taking in how wet I was, my traitorous body wanting him as desperately as he wanted me. He wasted no time thrusting his hu
'Dio mio, è magnifica..' [Dear God, she is magnificent.]I think, watching her disable two of my guards before snatching the guns from two more and then shooting them in their knees when they did not listen to her. My cock is so hard it is painful. I have to put an end to this and tame my little wildcat, and I cannot wait. Moving slowly, never taking my eyes from my little blonde beauty, I walk toward her, not flinching when she turns and aims the guns at me. I know deep in my gut that she will not kill me. I felt her body's reaction to me when I kissed her. She may hate me, but her body wants mine just as much as I want hers. I walk right up to her, letting the gun rest against my heart, and I can see her hands are trembling as she fights herself. She wants to kill me, I can see it in her eyes, but she wants to fuck me more, so when my hands close around the guns, she lets me take them from her.
Romeo opened the door to the ballroom, and I lifted my chin. I was going to make a statement and show that I was not afraid of him. All the noise in the room stopped as heads turned towards me, and my eyes locked on those hard, ocean blue ones. Forcing myself not to react, I walked slowly and confidently toward him, deliberately ignoring everyone else, even though I knew every eye was on me. My snarky comment made him angry, and when he hissed that I had not obeyed his orders, my heart sank for the two women who had helped me dress. I was about to argue further when my eyes met the gentle brown ones of Matteo, and heat flooded my body. He looked gorgeous in his black designer suit and white dress shirt, and I gave him a wide smile, instinctively turning towards his warmth nd asking where he had been. Before he could reply, Santino grabbed my wrist so tightly I thought he would break it, pulling me against his hard chest, and he hissed into my ear that where Matteo had been was none of
I had to get another message to Killian O'Hara. The President of the Oasis Blues Motorcycle Club had arrived on the mainland yesterday, and I knew he had contacted Biker clubs from all over Europe to help him get Tavisha back. Two Italian, a Spanish and a French MC club had answered his call for help. Santino did not know it, but the American could raise an army if he so desired; his men now easily outmanned the Mafia bosses by three to one. I was about to betray everything I believed in for her.'Was she worth it?'I thought now, as I dressed for the party tonight. I was going to put my life on the line for a woman I had kissed twice. The woman I wanted with every fibre of my being. The woman I knew I could never have.







