All Chapters of Mistaken Bride Of The Mafia CEO: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

RAVEN'S POV"Damon killed my father." The words sounded flat, disbelieving. I stared back and forth between Kade and Xaviero, trying to comprehend. "Your brother.""Yes." Kade took another step closer. It was my father’s command, but Damon made it so.” He tortured Arthur for information, and when he wouldn’t break, he killed him."That's not true." Xaviero's voice was as cool and composed as ever, but Aldario's eyes flickered. "Kade is fucking lying to you, to get attention off of his family.”"Am I?" Kade's attention never left Xaviero. “Then tell her where you were that night. Tell her the truth.""I already told her. I was in Spain.""You were in the city." Kade took out his phone and started navigating to a file when suddenly those two bastard eels came crashing back into him. "I have surveillance that puts you three blocks near Statham's house the night Arthur died.""That's impossible.""Is it? Or did you lie to Raven as soon as you called her up? Kade held up the phone, reveali

Raven’s POVGlass exploded on every side of us. I wished to duck but felt the vehicle pitch wildly as Kade fought to remain in control. My hands were bathed in moist red; my sweater was soaked. “Kade, you’re going to faint.”“Not yet.” His tone was giving up. “Just need to move us to someplace secure.”The car swerved before being thrust through a series of harsh curves, flinging me into the door. I heard more weapons discharge, shivering from the effect of slugs striking steel. I couldn’t comprehend how, but incredibly, we were still driving. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity but was most likely only a few moments, the audio vanished. Kade breathed heavily but abruptly; it was gleam and unpleasant in the peaceful. “Where are we heading?”“Sanctuary.” He was practically gone, the phrases joining together. “Not mother’s. Different areas. Less well-known. Hidden. Just Javier knows.” “Kade… keep your eyes open.” I squeezed desperately on his arm, and “Kade” became “We’ve arrived

RAVEN'S POVI gazed at the tattoo in the mirror, as if seeing it again for the first time in 15 years. The fragile numbers and symbols that plodded down my ribcage, from just within my breast to my hip. I think it’s beautiful, I always did. Intricate. A design my dad insisted would keep him close to my heart.He hadn't lied. Not exactly. He was close to my heart. His last, best gift, his life’s work literally written on my skin.“I remember the day he brought me to buy it. I said it faintly, in the small bathroom. Kade was standing in the doorway, looking at me. "I was scared of the needle. But he never let go of my hand. Told me stories about my grandmother, about her homeland, about patterns that kept the people you loved safe."He was protecting you. To make you the safest place to hide the most valuable information in the world.”I followed one of the numbers with my finger. "Do you think he knew? That THEY were coming for him that night?”"Yes." Kade moved closer. “I believe he k

RAVEN'S POVDamon was every bit as scary close up as I had feared. Tall and cruelly handsome, his eyes were cold. No humanity. Just a cold calculation that caused my skin to crawl and my stomach to turn.He looked like Kade. Same dark hair, same sharp features. Same graceful killer move, lethal fast and lethal beautiful, like a hunter who knows exactly how much damage he could do if he gave himself permission. Only where Kade’s eyes were sometimes emotional, conflicted, even caring, Damon’s were dead. Void. Like staring into the eyes of a shark just before it chomped.“You’re even more beautiful than in the surveillance photos.” Damon raked his eyes up and down me in a way that made me wish I could shower for hours. "I've been watching you, Raven. Watched you bake, watched you serve customers, watched you sleep in that little apartment above the bakery. I know what you dream.""The breach of it turned my skin. "You're sick.""I'm thorough." He drew nearer, his approach slow and delibe

RAVEN'S POVThe gunshot was deafening.There was a split second when everything stopped. Damon glanced at his shoulder as blood seeped out, creating a crimson pool on his high-priced shirt. Then anger convulsed his face."You shot me." He actually seemed stunned, and maybe even a little offended.The gun was in my hands and still smoking. I'd pulled the trigger. I’d shot him and hit him.I'd shot someone.Then chaos erupted.Damon's followers fired from the shadows they were hidden in. Kade hit the ground for his knife shattering panes of glass and Javier’s team pouring through in neat tactical formation, returning fire. The warehouse turned into a battlefield in the blink of an eye.Smoke filled the air. Muzzle flashes sprang light into the dark as lethal fireworks. The noise was everything, the opposite of quiet.I ran for Cameron.Bullets whizzed past my head. Something struck the concrete next to me, spitting up chips of stone that stung my legs. But I didn't stop. Didn't slow. Ju