Semua Bab The Devil You Need : Bab 1 - Bab 10

SALLY'S POV "You are seriously going to Frank’s house?" Pamela’s voice sliced through the soft music playing in the background. She was sprawled on my bed, scrolling through her phone, but I could feel her eyes on me.I adjusted the strap of my baby-blue dress, giving my reflection a glance. "Yes." I said, applying one final coat of lip gloss. "We have been texting for weeks, Pam. Besides, you are the one who’s been pushing me to get out again, so this is me... getting out.""I said go for drinks, not go to some stranger’s penthouse, for date." She huffed, sitting up. "You don’t even know this guy."I turned to her, arching a brow. "I think I know enough. He’s funny, charming, doesn’t send unsolicited dick pics, and actually remembers things I say. That's more than I can say for half the guys you have dated." I didn't mean to be rude but it's the truth."Ouch." She tossed a pillow at me.I caught it mid-air and laughed. "Relax, I will drop my location as soon as I get there. I am not

SALLY'S POVThe moment I was completely alone, I shattered... I didn't want to cry but I just couldn't hold back anymore, the betrayal sat heavy on my chest and it weighed me down.I didn’t even wait for the door to close after the nurse left, the dam inside me burst, and everything came rushing out, my breath, my pride, my composure, it all collapsed in on me like a dying star.I buried my face in the stiff hospital pillow and screamed. "How could they?"I had been nothing but good to them, both of them. I let Pamela live rent-free in my house when she lost her job. I paid her bills, covered her car repairs, gave her everything without blinking and Kelvin? I loved him, I forgave his distance, his mood swings, I gave him space when he asked for it, and trusted him even when I shouldn’t have."I was stupid, so dumb." I said when I remembered how he used my cars even more than I did and spent my money lavishly without asking first, he had access to my cards and it was after we broke up

SALLY’S POVThe warmth of his chest made me feel safe, too safe. Dante’s arms around me were a shield I hadn’t realized I had needed until I had them again. I was fed, bathed, wrapped in his scent, and finally, I was beginning to relax when his deep voice shattered my peace."Get dressed."I blinked, while still curled against him. "What?"He leaned back, just enough for our eyes to meet. The softness from earlier? Gone, and all that remained was cold steel and command."I said get dressed, we are going to train."I let out a weak laugh, but he didn’t. "It’s almost midnight." I pointed out."And?""And I am exhausted."Dante stood up and stalked toward the closet, tossing a pair of training clothes on the bed. "You don’t get to rest until I am sure you can kill with one hand and fuck with the other."I choked. "That’s not a real thing.""It is in my world."He turned back to face me, eyes blazing. "You want to get your revenge? Then you train. You want to stand beside me as my queen?

SALLY’S POVTwo days, it had been two whole days since that night of blood and gunfire, since I watched Dante... Doom, drop to the ground with a bullet in his shoulder because of me, because I couldn’t protect myself, because I froze.I had never known fear like that, not when I lost my dad, not when I found out Kelvin was cheating and not even when I heard my so-called best friend getting railed beside me while plotting my downfall but that moment, watching blood pour out of him… it wrecked me.I sat by his side like a guard dog ever since. If anyone wanted to hurt him again, they would have to go through me first. I would tear flesh with my bare hands, claw through bone if I had to because Dante bled for me.Now, I would do anything for him.He groaned from the bed behind me."Stop fussing, princess. I am fine.""No, you are not." I snapped, fluffing the pillow behind his back like it had personally offended me. "You took a bullet, Dante. You are not fine, sit your ass down and let

SALLY’S POVI sat there for a full minute, half-naked in a room scented with candles and betrayal, before I finally moved.I couldn't believe he left me like that, used me, took my father’s key and walked out of the dining room like I was nothing more than a pawn that had finally served her purpose.Shame clung to my skin like fire, hotter than the lingerie I still wore. I grabbed my robe, wrapped it tightly around me, and stormed back to my room. My pulse throbbed in my ears, my father had given me that necklace on my eighteenth birthday, he never mentioned a key or explained what it was for and I never questioned him. I wore it daily, thinking it was a sentimental gift, a memory, a connection.And yet, Doom had been after it all along.He kept me here, played hero, made me fall deeper, made me hope and all this time, it was just about the key.I changed quickly, jeans, black top, sneakers and slipped the pistol he gave me into the back waistband of my jeans. I needed to breathe, I n