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The Devil You Made Me Back to being strangers
KyrenThe words made my chest tight, all the guilt and longing and confusion all tangling together in my chest until I could barely breathe. Here was this woman who loved me, who wanted a future with me, and all I could think about was a man who probably hated me for dragging him into my mess."We're going to be fine," I assured her, the lie sliding off my tongue with practiced ease. "We're still together. Nothing's changed."Anna's face lit up with happiness, and she kissed me with the kind of innocent enthusiasm that made me feel like the worst person alive. "We should go on vacation together," she said against my lips. "Somewhere tropical, just the two of us. We could use some time away from all this family drama.""Work is hectic right now," I said, gently extricating myself from her embrace. "But when I find a chance, we'll go somewhere nice."She agreed readily, the way Anna always agreed to things, and we spent the whole day together. She cooked lunch while I pretended to work
The Devil You Made Me Beautiful lies
Kyren"What are you looking for here?" I asked Luciano, He looked up from the box of papers he'd been rifling through, that familiar smile playing at the corners of his mouth. The kind of smile that never reached his eyes, the kind that meant someone was about to get hurt."I could ask you the same thing," he replied, setting down a manila folder with deliberate care. "But since you asked first, Jonas was my brother-in-law. I have every right to be here, settling his affairs." His gaze sharpened, becoming predatory. "Now, why are you here, Kyren?"I didn't answer. Couldn't answer without revealing too much about what we'd been looking for, about the evidence Jonas might have had on my family. Instead, I let the silence stretch between us, heavy with unspoken threats."I have some issues with Jonas," I said finally, the words carefully chosen to reveal nothing while implying everything.Luciano laughed, a sound like breaking glass that echoed off the bare walls of the apartment. "Issu
The Devil You Made Me Intruder alert
Kyren"I went back to check the records of those land sales," he said, settling into the chair across from my desk. "Anna's father did sell that land to Luciano, but they did it through a simple business man. A middleman to keep their names off the paperwork."I felt betrayed. Completely, utterly betrayed in a way that made my chest tight with rage. I remembered the dinner we'd had when Anna's father had first mentioned Luciano, how concerned he'd seemed, how worried about the implications. It had all been an act. He'd known about the connection between our families because he'd helped create it."How long?" I asked."The sale went through six months ago. Around the time Anna started pushing for the engagement."Everything clicked into place with sickening clarity. The timing, the pressure, the way Anna's father had seemed so eager to cement our alliance. It hadn't been about protecting his daughter or strengthening family bonds. It had been about positioning himself between two pow
The Devil You Made Me The Dawn Raid
KyrenThe second the sun came up, there was heavy banging on our door.The sound cut through the thin motel walls like gunshots, sharp and demanding and completely destroying whatever peace we'd managed to find in each other's arms.I felt Alastair's body go rigid against mine, his breathing suddenly shallow as we both processed what that kind of knocking meant at this hour.We knew our time together had come to an end.I rolled out of bed first, pulling on my jeans with hands that weren't quite steady. Alastair sat up, the cheap sheets pooling around his waist, and I could see the fear in his eyes even though he was trying to hide it. This was it. The moment we'd both been dreading since we first walked into this room."Kyren!" A familiar voice shouted through the door. "Open up!"Leo. Of course it was Leo.I walked to the door on unsteady legs, my heart hammering against my ribs like it was trying to escape. When I opened it, Leo was standing there with three other men I recognize
The Devil You Made Me Wishful thinking
Alastair He scowled at me. "I take it back. Keep the shirt unbuttoned. It's working for you." And it was. Even in that hideous shirt, with his hair sticking up at odd angles and annoyance written across his features, he looked cute. Beautiful in a way that made my chest tight with feelings I didn't have names for. We bought the least offensive options we could find and returned to the motel as the afternoon heat reached its peak. Even though we had new clothes, symbolic fresh starts wrapped in discount store plastic, we both knew our time here wasn't going to last much longer. It was already past noon, and by tomorrow this time, Kyren would probably be gone. His people would find us eventually. They had resources, connections, ways of tracking people who didn't want to be found. He would be taken back to face whatever consequences waited for him, and I would be left to explain to Luciano why I'd helped him disappear. I didn't like thinking about it, about the inevitable end of
The Devil You Made Me The Phone call
KyrenThe person who had called was Luciano. I saw his name flash across my screen for just a moment before I killed the power, but it was enough to make my stomach clench with dread. After I ignored the call, my phone buzzed once more with a text message. I read it quickly, then wished I hadn't."You better be dead or with Kyren."I ignored it. Shoved the phone deep into my jacket pocket and tried to pretend the words weren't burned into my brain like a brand. But I could feel them there, pulsing with each heartbeat, a countdown timer I couldn't shut off.Kyren was getting dressed across the room, pulling on his trousers from the night before. His shirt hung open and untucked, the buttons completely undone, exposing the white tank top underneath and a strip of tanned skin that caught the morning light filtering through our cheap curtains. He hadn't bothered to fix any of it, too distracted by whatever was going on behind those dark eyes of his.He looked really hot. Disheveled and
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