Alle Kapitel von Forbidden Flame: Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 40

Nico POVBut then why did I now feel the sharp jab of doubt against my chest, thinking about Nikolai, lila, my mother, and the entire situation that surrounded us all?I couldn’t allow it. Protecting our family, providing for them, and being the leader they all needed was my number one concern…no matter how much doubt currently choked the life out of me.No matter what happened, I had no choice but to see this through. I’ve come this far, and I don’t plan on failing now…not even when the woman whose life I’m supposed to take was busy cracking through the stone surrounding my fucking soul.The next morning I stood by my bedroom window staring out. Lila was right. It was because of Nikolai and childhood memories that I hated the fucking view.In fact, I didn’t just hate the view, I hated the garden and the house too. I hated everything that reminded me of how my life once was.With a sigh I glanced at my wristwatch. It was almost eight in the morning. It would be a few more hours before

Lila POVWith his hot, hungry gaze etched on my breasts he bit into his lower lip, his feral hunger causing me to suck in a breath. In that moment I loved the way he looked at me.I delighted in the fact that something about me provoked the lustful greed that painted his face with shadows of untamed desire. It intensified my own sordid hunger, tightening every muscle with bittersweet anticipation.He placed a palm against my cheek, pulling his thumb down my lips. “The things I could do to you, little pet. All the ways I could push your body to the edge, easing you over every damn time.”A finger traced down my naked shoulder sending shivers over my skin. “The games we could play, the boundaries we could push together.We would be like fucking dynamite, and I would make sure your body detonated every goddamn time I touched you.”I gasped when he cupped my breast, tugging at my nipple hard. I closed my eyes, relishing his firm, aggressive touch as waves of pleasure crashed against my bo

Nico POV“Calling you sir just feels wrong.”“It didn’t feel wrong a few minutes ago, did it?”Her cheeks flushed, embarrassment painting her face with the kind of red I wanted to see on her ass.“That was different,” she whispered.“How was that any different?”“It just was.”I stepped forward. “Tell me how it was different, lila.” My voice boomed through the room and I noticed her flinch. I wasn’t angry, I just needed to know what was different for her.She looked at me, and the intensity in her eyes momentarily took my breath away. “It was different because a few minutes ago you weren’t the man who wanted to kill me.”Another step, my heart beating faster, my body humming as I got closer to hers. “Who was I, lila?”She swallowed, her eyes never leaving mine as I continued forward. Something was pulling me, drawing me in, luring me to her like I was no longer the hunter, but now became the prey.I stopped, my body mere inches from hers. “Tell me, Lila. Who was I?”She licked her lip

Nico POVUncle Lucas straightened his jacket, then stalked toward the door. “I will no longer be a part of this.” He turned his gaze to me. “My advice for you, Nico, is to not let other people define who you really are.”“Get out!” my mother yelled, tossing Uncle Lucas empty glass at him. But he had already closed the door, the glass bursting into pieces, shattering on the floor.I’ve never seen my mother this angry, this infuriated.The way her veins bulged in the side of her neck and her heavy breathing provoked a kind of suspicion inside my head that if true, it would be soul shattering. Was my mother keeping something from me?“mother?”She turned to me.“Is there something I need to know?”She tucked her hair behind her ear, taking a deep breath. “Of course not, Nico. Do not let an old man’s ramblings let you doubt what we have worked months on to achieve.”I cocked my head to the side. “It’s not his ramblings causing me to doubt it.”Dark eyes that mirrored my own studied me, gl

Lila POVWith a nudge just under my jaw, and a tug at the back of my neck he urged me to lean my head back.“I’m taking you to a place no man has ever taken you before.” Soft delicate kisses slid down my throat, his lips and tongue touching and lapping against my skin.Everything inside me was coiled tight with a kind of anticipation that had the power to render me incapable of moving.The touch of his hand moved from my neck, over my shoulder and down my arm before he wrapped his fingers around my elbow. “Now be silent, little mouse.”My legs moved, and I put one foot in front of the other willingly. I let Nico lead me without knowing where, and without putting up a fight.It didn’t make sense that my body moved to follow him while my mind screamed at me to fight. But with every step I gave behind him, the anticipation that brewed inside my belly, pooling between my legs got stronger.It wasn’t until we took a turn down a familiar hall that I realized where he was taking me.“We’re g