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The Darkest Devotion Chapter Forty-One
LEONI will kill him.The words aren’t a mere threat floating in the back of my mind. They are a fact.I will kill him.After the last beating I gave him, I warned him to stay away from Gabriella or I’d kill him. He had this coming.My hand is wrapped around Jack’s windpipe, fingers locked like iron. The bastard’s heels lift off the floor as I slam him backward into the brick wall with enough force to rattle his teeth. A choked, pathetic gurgle escapes his throat.“Leon, stop! Please, let him go!”Gabriella’s voice cuts through the red haze blinding my vision. Her small hands wrap around my forearm, her fingers digging into my skin as she tries to pull me back.Jack is clawing desperately at my wrist. His face has turned a sickly, bruised shade of purple as I crush his airway. He’s gasping, his eyes bulging out of his head with terror.He knows I can carry out my threat.But fortunately for him, I won’t.The sound of panic in Gabriella’s voice finally snaps the violent cord in my brai
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Forty
GABRIELLABy the time I finish my third hour of solo practice in the apartment’s dance studio, my muscles are burning and my tights are clinging to my skin with sweat. Every jump and turn I made was fueled by the memory of Leon’s mouth on mine and the sickening doubt Nicole and Lisa planted in my head.I’m breathing hard when I finally drop onto the polished wood floor. I press the heels of my hands into my eyes and inhale lungfuls of air through my mouth.My mind is a tangled, exhausting mess.What if my friends were right? What if Leon lied? What if he’s just using me? What if Jack really is innocent? What if this was just another ploy to depend only on him and let him control my whereabouts?My stomach lets out a growl, breaking the silence of the room. I skipped lunch, and now my stomach is protesting.Sighing, I drag myself up, throw a towel around my neck, and unbolt the studio door. As I near the living room, I hear sounds coming from the kitchen. I don’t want to face Leon, esp
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Thirty-Nine
GABRIELLAThe moment Leon’s mouth makes contact with mine, my brain completely short-circuits.For a fraction of a second, I freeze against the cold brick wall, my mind struggling to process the delicious weight of his body pressed against me. But then the friction of his lips, hot and wet against mine, ignites a flame on my skin.My hands move on their own, fingers moving up to tangle into the short hair at the nape of his neck. I pull him closer and wrap my legs tighter around his waist.This isn’t anything like the clumsy, quick kisses I shared with Jack in the past. Jack kissed like a college boy trying to get done with it immediately.Leon kisses like a possessed man.The kiss is hard, rough, and intoxicatingly possessive. He shifts his grip on me, his large hands digging into my thighs and hauling my hips closer against the hard length of his body. He deepens the kiss with a possessive slide of his tongue, and I taste the liquor alongside the desperation on his tongue.A quiet m
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Thirty-Eight
LEONI am losing my goddamn mind.I crush the thin red plastic cup in my palm until the plastic cracks and splits under my knuckles. I’m standing in the shadows as we agreed, but every muscle in my neck is pulled tight as I track every single movement she makes.I know exactly what she’s doing.It’s a deliberate, lethal form of torture. Ten minutes ago, under the excuse that the hallway was too tight, she squeezed past me on her way to the cooler. She made sure her bare shoulder slid against my arm, her silk-draped hip brushing against my thigh.That scent of hers, sweet vanilla, warm skin, and a hint of liquor, hits my senses all at once, that not-so-innocent touch leaving a line of fire everywhere her skin brushed against mine.I am uncomfortably, ridiculously, hard.Fuck.I should not be fucking aroused on duty. I’m sure that’s utterly prohibited in the how-to-be-a-bodyguard rule book.But she’s not helping matters here.Now, she’s in the middle of the crowded living room floor, fl
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Thirty-Seven
GABRIELLAThe boutique smells like lavender, vanilla, and money. High-end racks of silk and satin line the walls, and for the first time since moving to New York, I’m actually dress shopping with friends. I trail my fingers over a rack of evening gowns, trying to tamp down the excitement bubbling up inside me.A few yards behind us, near the store's glass front, is Leon. He’s leaning against a display case, hands shoved in his trouser pockets, his dark eyes scanning the room like a hawk. He’s dressed in black from head to toe, which causes him to stick out like a sore thumb in the boutique filled with bright, pastel colors. But he doesn't seem to care.Nicole grabs a bright crimson mini dress off the rack, holding it up against herself before glancing back at Leon. "How on earth did you reconcile with your bodyguard to the point that he not only agreed to let you come to the party but also let you go dress shopping?"I shrug, a small hum escaping my throat as I flip through a line of
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Thirty-Six
LEON“I think this search is fruitless. We have found absolutely nothing.”Kai tosses a thin manila folder onto his desk, his frustrated expression illuminated by the light from the large computer screens before him.“I know I might be a pro at technology and all, but it’s hard to find someone if you don’t have a name or a face. It’s like chasing a ghost, which, technically, that’s exactly what this is because the woman is dead.” He sighs, rubbing his eyes and spinning his revolving chair to face me. “This is a complete waste of time.”I lean forward, resting my forearms on the desk, my eyes moving from the useless printouts to the images of the dozens of dead ballerinas we’ve scanned over the past few hours. If Ivy were here, we wouldn’t have even spent that much time on this in the first place. She’s out on one of her solo runs today, leaving just Kai, Dante, and me to sift through the dead ends.Dante pushes off the brick wall, crossing his arms over his chest, his expression as br
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Nine
GABRIELLAThe next school day is torture before it even begins.I wake up before my alarm rings, dragging myself out of bed and into the shower just to keep my mind from spiraling. Steam curls around me, but it doesn’t clear the raging thoughts in my head. How do I navigate my new life? How do I n
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Six
GABRIELLAFor a few seconds after the words are uttered from Papa’s lips, I am quiet. Unable to speak. Unable to think.A bodyguard.I lock gazes with that of the man standing behind my father, the man currently invading my space.My soon-to-be bodyguard. This cannot be happening. He’s tall, the
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Five
LEON The next day, Salvatore calls to inform me that Tomaso had fixed a meeting in an upscale hotel in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. I join him at a random parking garage we planned to meet at, and he smirks at my appearance. “How old are you again? You look younger without your goatee and mu
The Darkest Devotion Chapter Four
LEON As soon as the words leave my mouth, the room goes still. Everyone looks at me like I’ve lost it. Shit. Maybe I have. Ivy is the person to break the silence. “You’re joking.” “I’m not.” She stands up and starts to pace around the room. “You want to play bodyguard to the daughter of the ma
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