Apocalypse Rebirth: Under The Mad Dog's Protection
The heat radiating from him was intense, completely enveloping me, smelling of rich cedarwood, clean linen, and the sharp, smoky trace of expensive scotch.
‘I’m dreaming,’ I thought, the liquor swirling lazily in my brain, turning my consciousness into a slow-moving fog. ‘Yeah, definitely dreaming. The alcohol finally melted my gray matter.’
There was absolutely no logical way the Mad Dog of the Underworld—the cold, ruthless beast who ran this city from the shadows—was carrying a disheveled, barefoot woman down his private hallway like a fragile piece of porcelain.
In my past life, men like Lucien Giovanni didn't carry people; they had them dragged away, discarded, or buried.