LOGINLUCIANOMy heart had almost split right from my chest when I saw what the bastard did to her. The red swelts on the skin of her beautiful, round ass infuriated me. It turned out that Kallum Montclair might just be more batshit crazy than I ever imagined.Kidnapping her. Bringing her over to a hidden BDSM den in the middle of no-fucking-where. Burning her skin with candle-fucking-wax. Almost penetrating into her sweet warm walls. Who knows what else he could have done before I got there?I'd felt an overwhelming urge to end him right there and then. But something stopped me. I still wasn't able to figure it out. I couldn't tell if it was the look in her eyes. Or the fierce spirit in her that reminded me too much of my other nemesis, Quinn. I couldn't tell if it was the little voice of reason that found a place in my head, these days. I just could not help this weakness that overwhelmed me these days. I hated it. Hated the way the sleek talons pulled me deeper and deeper into useless
QUINNTrue to Kallum's words, the drug started to slow me down really bad..I could not fight the effects of whatever he had injected me with. It made my limbs feel like jelly…and it made the world swim endlessly in my vision. When he crashed into the wall, I wondered if somehow…a savior had found me. And when the large shadow hovered over me, my heart picked up a race. It was not a shadow, per se. Even in the haze hanging over my vision, I could still tell who it was. Luciano’s familiar scent filled my nostrils, and I teared up with relief. He really came for me, even when my hope was at 1%.How did he find me? I was not sure. But he had come for me. I touched the pendant he gave to me and he showed up out of nowhere. Was this some sort of magic?It had shattered my heart that I was whisked from that restaurant…from the chaos…from him. I had my doubts about him finding me, but somewhere in the shadows, a tiny hope lurked. His big hands were on me, pulling me up to a sitting posi
ADRIEN“So, do you think I can approach her yet?”I whipped Roku a sharp glance, something stirring in my chest. “You will move on my orders. Stay away from her until I instruct otherwise.”Maybe it was the irritation that stemmed from not having set my eyes on the latest object of my fantasies, in the past twenty-fours hours. Or…it was the anger that stemmed from having to escort twenty dead souls across the bridge tonight.Whichever it was, I just had little to zero tolerance for any bullshit at the moment. Especially not Roku’s.I could not stand the look on his face as he spoke about approaching Quinn. He was drawn to her blood, and he would not rest until he had a taste.Our first plan had been getting Luciano portaled back to the underworld. It had worked, but the thing about Roku that put me off so bad was his cunning nature. Immediately I pulled him from the underworld, he was able to sniff out the uniqueness of Quinn's swapped soul. But he could not make a move now…not on my
KALLUMI never knew how much fun I was missing out on, until I decided to go plain rogue without giving a fuck what the aftermath would be.Bashing the heads of those teenagers had been on my mind, and it would've been really fun doing that, watching them gurgle their rudeness down with their blood. But that would have been too risky. There were CCTVs everywhere, and we were so out in the public that we would immediately draw attention to ourselves. So I'd acted like a civilized fucker and kindly pleaded to have them delete my video. Finally, they've given in with a bribe of a hundred dollar bill each. The bastards would have to retch up that money sooner or later. I went away afterwards and did something else with my free will. I tracked my stepsister from when she left her husband's house together with him, all dressed up and shit, to that restaurant. I wasn't exactly sure why I was acting so out of character, but I found I enjoyed it. Thrills of excitement raced through my ches
LUCIANO“What’s taking so long to find these bastards?!”“I’m sorry, boss. We're still trying to track them down.”I cursed under my breath and drove my fingers through my hair. “It's been two hours, Vale. Do you realize that she's somewhere out in there in the midst of sharks?”He tilted his head. “But we can't be sure they have her. She might have just—”I flew across the foyer between us and grabbed his throat, my fingers tightening around his core. “You must have forgotten what it's like when I'm impatient, demon,” I sneered in his face. “You wouldn't want a reminder, would you?”“I-I’m sorry,” he choked out, his eyes bulging, veins bulging in his neck and forehead. He looked like a weak puppy. The sight unsettled me for a brief moment. An ugly voice in the back of my mind whispered that I was being too hard.With an exasperated sigh, I released him with a shove. My fingers trembled as they fell to my sides. I could not exactly remember when last I crashed out this bad. But this
QUINN“Put me down, Kallum. What the hell?”He finally listened when we got away from the chaos. He put me down after we went out the back door. The surprise had been so overwhelming that the scream came late. How did Kallum come to be in the same restaurant at the same time? As he whisked me out, I realized that this could not be a coincidence. Showing up in the midst of a shootout did not seem like a coincidence at all.“What are you doing here?” I demanded as soon as my feet hit the ground. He looked at me with wild, red-rimmed eyes. He still had that…wrong air about him. “That's not how you thank me for getting you to safety.”I heaved a sigh. “Kallum, listen, thank you. Really. But I have to get back in there, maybe find Luciano and warn him about—”“What is it about him for goodness' sake?” he cut in bluntly. “Can you not look at me for just a moment and see how much you're hurting me?”I stared at him for a moment, really looked at him. I was curious to see what had him on su
QuinnGoosebumps and euphoria washed down my spine simultaneously. For a moment, I thought I stood in paradise. A paradise of gold and midnight blue and flickering flames.The thick draperies were of the same midnight blue as the high walls, it was difficult to tell them apart. Candlelight chandel
QuinnMy first impulse was to turn and flee, because there was no way I was going in there if this man was really Lilith’s stepbrother. Undoubtedly, he was. Those violet eyes were too beautiful to miss. The gold mask flew off, and I became even more certain.Good heavens. Why is he here, anyway?
Quinn An outrageous need for rebellion pounded in my head. In my chest. Between my eyes. Fuming and cursing all day did nothing to help my situation. I need my freedom now more than ever. After being blatantly told by that asshole that I'm not allowed to leave this cage without his permission.
QuinnIt's been more than fifteen hours since my brief encounter with the grim reaper, and I was still shaken up and trembling with anger. Each time I thought back to being close to him and staring deep into the brown depths of his eyes, electric tingles raced through my veins. Each time I remembe







