All Chapters of BLACK SUN: From One Monster to Another: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Rocco glanced over at me, his eyes dark. "You look dangerous in black."I glared straight ahead at the windshield. "Are you serious right now, Rocco?""I'm giving you a compliment, Taryn. You could try accepting it.""You are a total psychopath, you know that?" I turned my head to face him, my voice dripping with venom."What are you talking about?""You honestly don't see it?" I scoffed, incredulous. "You spent years letting your street crew harass me, you watched your friends beat me bloody in the fight ring, then you barged into my workplace and put your hands on my throat to force me into this car. And now you're acting like we're on a normal date?""I brought you out of the gutter for the night," he said smoothly."Why the hell do you suddenly care about me?" I demanded, my hands clenching into fists on my lap. "What is this really about?""I told you," Rocco said, his voice dropping an octave as his eyes briefly left the road to sweep over my exposed collarbone. "I never realize

Don Salvatore silenced the crowd with a single gesture, his rough, booming voice echoing over the crackling fire. "Tonight, we enforce the blood oath that built the Commission! For decades, the Falcone syndicate has held the line, protecting our territory and proving that strength rules this city. Tonight, we shed our doubts, throw off our weaknesses, and let the old ways dictate who commands these streets!"Something violently sharp twisted in my gut. A strange, suffocating heat flared beneath my ribs. I took a ragged breath, gripping the cold tree bark as my body went entirely tense."Tonight, you remember who you are!" Salvatore bellowed, his voice echoing off the surrounding cliffs. "Forget the soft laws of the civilians! Shadow enforcers, take what is yours!" Salvatore reached down, unbuttoned his heavy tailored coat, and tossed it aside into the hands of an enforcer. He stood before the syndicate elites, radiating absolute, terrifying authority—a seasoned monster who had spent f

"When you're ready for bigger work, come find me at the estate," Don Salvatore said, turning his dark gaze back to me. "I might have a specialized job for you. A quick way to wipe out that debt your family left behind."I stiffened. Working directly for the head of the Falcone syndicate was a death sentence or a trap. Nobody ever truly bought their freedom from Don Salvatore. "I'll keep that in mind, sir.""You do that," he said, turning on his heel and walking toward his inner guard.As soon as his father was out of earshot, Rocco leaned in close, his voice a harsh whisper. "You cannot take a contract from my father, Taryn. He isn't what he seems."I turned on him, my anger flaring hot. "You dragged me out to this remote reserve tonight. You forced me into a brutal ring match in front of the entire crew. You've been playing some twisted game with me for weeks, and now you're telling me not to take a deal from your father? The Don of your own syndicate?""There are things about his op

With each step into the shadows, the loud shouting of the party faded into the wind. A sudden prickle of anxiety hit my spine. What if I’d made a massive mistake in trusting him? What if this entire smooth-talking act had been a rouse to get me isolated away from the crowd? He’d let everyone see me at the party, and now he was leading me into an unlit forest. I’d fought Rocco in the ring before, and I was pretty sure I could damage him enough to break free and run back toward the light, assuming I didn't trip over a root in the dark.I was trying to decide if this was the start of a filthy late-night hookup or the final chapter of a syndicate execution when I caught sight of a silhouette ahead."What is that?" I asked, slowing my pace."That’s what I wanted to show you," he said softly.My shoulders dropped an inch as the paranoia eased slightly. I wasn’t totally sure he wouldn’t try something reckless, but at least there was an actual destination out here in the brush.As we stepped

My skin tingled, little bursts of raw electricity sizzling everywhere our bare bodies connected. I could feel my muscles responding instantly, as if every nerve ending in my body had been engineered specifically for his touch.His large, calloused hands gripped my bare ass, squeezing tight before he lifted me right off the canvas. I wrapped my legs tightly around his waist, reveling in the sudden, dangerous closeness the position forced on us. Every inch of my skin was on fire, the sheer friction driving me wild.Without a single word of warning, he lined himself up and pushed deep inside me. I gasped loudly, my head snapping back as I broke the kiss. With a low, guttural growl, Vittorio drove his full length all the way in, stretching my tight walls to their absolute limit. I could feel every thick inch of him buried deep inside my wet core, but there was no pain—only a terrifying, building wave of pleasure with every powerful thrust. He pounded hard and fast, my hips bouncing agains