ERICA“Going somewhere, little devil.”I gasped as I recognised his voice, my blood chilling in my veins. I slowly looked up and sure enough I found him standing at the threshold of the castle like a beast. In the darkness only his eyes shone like two burning embers and I swallowed at the way his features hardened.I blinked at him, for a moment I thought I was hallucinating until he took a step forward and the moon cast shadows across his face, and lightening half of it showing the rage that dripped from him like molten lava. His golden eyes stared at me like he hated me. “One would think it wouldn’t hurt this much when you already know what’s going to happen.”My lips parted on a shocked exhale. I didn’t understand. He drank the wine. There were two of those sleeping pills. I blinked at him as I choked out, “How?”He didn’t respond to my question. His voice was cold and clipped as he ordered, “Let’s go inside.”I stood there, frozen, still unable to comprehend. In the back of my min

ANTONIOI closed the secret panel and leaned my head down on the cold stone. My heart was beating like I was going to have a heart attack and I almost had one when she put the gun to her head. How fucking dare she!? I could've lost her. I almost did. Another woman I love could’ve died, this one in front of my fucking eyes. To think that she was going to do that to me. How could she?! With a growl, I slammed my fist against the wall. I did it again and again until I couldn’t feel my left hand but it still didn’t take my mind off the ache in my chest, the liquid lava that burned through my veins.I could have lost her. And, for what? Didn't I give her everything she asked for? Didn't I promise to leave her family alone? Then, why? If she had just asked me what else she needed... I will give her everything. My chest felt compressed like someone was squeezing the life out of me. I knew what I should do but knowing it doesn’t make it easy. I didn't want to let her go. I have already lost e

ANTONIOI gripped her jaw, my fingers dug into her cheeks, making her lips pucker up, giving me perfect opening to plunder her mouth with my tongue as I dominated her with a rough kiss. At first she was still but then she let out a little growl of her own that went straight to my côck as she grabbed the back of my neck, her nails digging into my flesh as she kissed me back, fighting for control. Giving me back just as much. My stubborn little devil.When I momentarily pulled back to look at her, her hands went to my pants to unbutton then. She looked eager, angry and out of sorts. I grabbed her hand which had her looking up at me, and I got a glimpse in her dark brown eyes filled with frustrated need. And my own need mounted seeing hers.I have no idea how this woman has me wrapped around her little finger and how she managed to squeeze the life out of my long dead heart. The only thing I knew was that I needed her now to live the rest of my life. Without her, it’d be impossible to br

ANTONIOI was halfway into much needed sleep when my phone rang and then after what Ephraim told me, the sleep disappeared along with the haze of pleasure I was in grip of and there was nothing left but a sense of urgency and restlessness as I waited for the inevitable. Gabriel Wolfe was in Italy. In my country where I had always wanted him up until now. On my soil, and the audacity of that man was he was in one of my hotel. The very one named after my sister. I had allowed it despite the fact that I wanted to order my men to open fire on him and his entourage. But according to Ephraim, Gabriel Wolfe hasn't brought the army of his men except his trusted guard Mac and another, along with Jonathan Sokolov with his own personal bodguards. An interesting turn off event that, that the brother of the man—Jeremiah Sokolov, who I had indebted on my side by granting him a favour for this very meeting with Gabriel Wolfe was on opposite side. I wondered if Jeremiah knew about his brother’s frie

ANTONIO“Is this really necessary?” My little devil asked as I prepared to cuff her hand to the headboard. I paused. Looked up at her. Her brown eyes were patient as she said, “I promised I won’t try to escape,” She rolled her eyes then as added, “Not that I’m going to even succeed. It’s quite disquieting you know... “ She pouted and amusement took hold of me for a second despite the dark thoughts running in my mind. She leaned up to cup my face and touched her forehead to mine. “You can trust me. Remember?”I sighed. I didn’t want to leave her without having the surety that she wouldn’t be able to leave me. But she was right, I have to bend down for her even when it was sharing my nature, but then again where she was concerned I will do anything for her. Begrudgingly, I nodded. “Alright.” She beamed at me. Her brown eyes shining like stars. And then her stomach grumbled and I arched a brow. “You are hungry, why didn’t you say anything.”She placed her palm on her stomach and a delic