Semua Bab Claiming His Queen : Bab 161 - Bab 170

Kyra's voice echoed from Adler's main room, likely the cause of her delay. Quickly turning, they ascended the stairs, narrowly avoiding a collision with her frame at the open door."What are you doing?" Salvatore demanded.Oh, he knew. That question shouldn't be asked when Adler had the muzzle of a nine-millimeter pistol pressed to his chin, and right before their gaze, his grasp on the gun tightened.Rune felt his stomach sink. Green eyes stared straight ahead at Lily's pendant, which she refused to take back. The months of drowning himself in liquor had hidden his real grief; now, it was all open for them to see.Kyra stepped forward, and Adler rested a finger on the trigger, forcing her to halt. Rune could see her tremble and hear her stern voice shake, but Adler, never shifting his gaze from the pendant, said nothing."You don't know what you're doing. You can't do this." Each word falling from her lips was forced.He could, Rune thought, and if they did nothing about it, it woul

RUNEHe had just raised the blinds and declared the scenery outside void of suspicious activities when the heavy thuds descended on the hotel room door.Rune caught his breath, snatched the gun from the table next to him, and aimed it at the door, waiting for the first head to slip through and get a free pass to h'l Fire's concert.The pleasant smell of the eucalyptus diffusers and drop-dead gorgeous chandeliers hanging over him was just a terrible reminder that it wouldn't be long before Domenico was creeping in and putting an end to him.Suppose he wasn't the one at the door. Rune took a deep breath and rolled over until a milk-colored sofa covered him, and raising the gun over his shoulders, he waited.The last twenty-four hours changed his perspective on who should be at the top of his wanted list. They were two of them, and by god, he wanted to fuck them..... Up mentally, of course. Fingers tightening around the gun, Rune waited, listening to the television blare.Adler had lef

LILYLast night was a mess.To correct that, last night, I was a mess.Lying on my bed, wide awake and hugging a pillow, every word I had spat the night before replaying in my head and bearing the brunt of my vulnerability. I wished I was calmer, wished I had controlled myself as he did, but then I had always been a crier, not just in front of people I swore I wanted nothing to do with.Adler.He sent emotions running through me like a tsunami, so intense I screamed and cried like a homeless banshee. Were there banshees with homes? Or did trouble-making dons yank them into houses that smelled like scented woods? Probably why they were always hysterical.Back to the issue on ground; I whacked myself mentally and mouthed an oww.In my angered state, I observed Adler appearing lost, and the candlelight, accentuating his hollowed eyes, intensified my sense of guilt.Mentioning a guillotine in connection to his near-marriage to Athena was just... Ugh, it made my mind go fuzzy. This was p

VICTOR‘Mr Vittoriano demands your presence. Seven and not a minute more to it," the male voice over the phone dictated. ”He says he has important information you wouldn't like to hear but will help nevertheless."And that information was why he was striding into Vito's Villa, wondering if the politician had eventually lost his marble. Victor grimaced. Did he also need him to point out how they needed a clean slate if they wanted that position? His missing eye was scandalous enough to raise eyebrows higher than tsunami waves. Now, he was inviting a known playboy/drug lord into his villa for important information. They needed a clean reputation to get to their goal, and one dent was enough to unravel the dirt they had kept hidden for years, dirt that included a record of trafficking.Victor glanced dismissively at the approaching man, acknowledging his presence before halting in front of him. He declared, "The Master is waiting for you in the game room."Following the man and watching

For the next couple of minutes I spent standing amidst the surreal silence, I took back everything I said about Adler honoring my request and killed every concern that had kept me up and distant.Now that I thought of it, he never really answered. The conversation had gone like this..."Promise you'll stay out of my way, Adler?""So, what do you want for dessert?"I was more mad at myself for taking too long to figure out that this evening had Adler's name written on every sabotage.The beeping metal detector, separation from Cade, and last but not least, the shadow in the hallway...I massaged my temple; at least he wasn't facing Cade directly.Or was he?I touched the soft petals, loving the feel of the squishing between my fingers, and sighed. I wasn't ready for this fight; I melted at the sight of him. If he kept bumping into my life like this, it would be hard to resist the asshole.I spun around as hurried footsteps approached from behind, locating my host at the entrance. With h