Devyn“He’s with the fucking Russians! Why didn’t you tell us that, idiota!”“The Westies wouldn’t fucking side with them. If he did that it would be a blemish on our lineage.”The door closes behind the man as he leaves Devyn’s cell once again, arguing with his Italian cohort. She curls into a ball and wishes for death to take her after seeing Kieran’s broken expression during the video call. He saw her getting violated in the worst way possible. Would he even want her after this? Would he even bother trying to save her?Kieran knew this was something between him and the person he had called Conor, someone he seemed to recognise after she ripped the sleeve of his shirt. This angered her assailant. After he killed the call, he landed a vigorous kick to her abdomen… and now she was bleeding. “I’m going to die here,” she said out loud to no one in particular and

Devyn Her eyelids felt heavy as she eased them open. What had happened? There was a firefight. Then Kieran appeared and… She shot up and her heart beat fast. Kieran had been there. He came for her. Where was she? Her eyes scanned the room and fell on the sleeping figure in the chair in front of her. He was leaning over onto her hospital bed and held her hand in his. Her heart grew at the image of him. He still looked so peaceful when he slept. Tears fell down her cheeks as she squeezed his hand. “Kieran?” His eyes flew open at the sound of her voice and he sat up, looking straight at her. “Devyn…” he says, his voice breaking, and he stood up to wrap his arms around her. “Devyn,” He says again, breathing in her scent and she couldn’t help but hug him back. She was back in his arms, which was a bittersweet feeling in itself. Sighing, she gently pushed him away and their eyes met as guilt burnt hot in her chest. “Kieran-” “Don’t,

KieranHe steps outside the hospital room with Dimitri and looks at the Pakhan. “I’m guessing this was all Amaranthe’s idea.” He remarks and Dimitri nods while crossing his arms in front of his chest. “Amaranthe feels a kinship with your Devyn. I have never seen her be so adamant about something before. She truly wishes to help and give back. Something she didn’t have while recovering.” Dimitri says and Kieran sighs. “Might as well become fucking Bratva since I am in so deep with debts to you.” He says, running his fingers through his hair, but as he looks up at Dimitri, he sees the Pakhan shake his head. “One blood debt, Teague.” was all he said, and Kieran blanched.Fuck. A blood debt, that’s even worse. “Collect anytime,” Kieran says with a nod. and knew that Dimitri would definitely collect on this one day, and he dreaded the day it would come. A blood debt to a Bra

DevynKieran pulls up outside a massive estate and pulls out his cell phone. “We’re outside,” he says and kills the call before the vast gates swing open to let them in. Devyn looks around in awe, “Wow,” she remarks silently and hears Kieran scoff. “Don’t be impressed by blood money, love. The Bratva built their world on it. All of us did.” He says before coming to a stop in front of a pair of double stairs leading to the mansion. Devyn couldn’t help but pick up the acid behind his tone. What was up with Kieran today? She picked up on his foul mood as soon as he picked her up from the hospital this morning.He moved to exit the car, but she caught him by the arm. “Kieran, what’s going on?” She finally musters up the nerve to ask him. Looking down at her, he sighs and shakes his head. “I didn’t want to speak to you about it here or now, but I know I have to tell you, eve

KieranKieran lived his life not trusting anyone but his family, and it turned out his own brother was plotting to overthrow him. He trusted Danielle and Mass, but that’s about it. Of course, he trusted Devyn too, but that was to be expected since she was basically the love of his life. But knowing that Dimitri saw him as family now… he didn’t quite know how to deal with it. A year ago, he saw Dimitri as one of his biggest enemies. Now the man saw him as family and was willing to betray others to keep Kieran’s family safe. Should he put his faith in a man who he didn’t fully trust? His training taught him not to trust anyone but family, but that has gone out the window since Conor betrayed him twice. He wasn’t quite sure if he should believe Dimitri’s words, but his actions as they met with the Cartel leader proved otherwise. They were seated in Suarez's son's office, with four guards each. One didn’t t