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Suddenly, the weapon in my pocket was nothing but an annoyance.
My hunger was off the charts, filthy thoughts sweeping through my mind. I would make her fall in love with me.
Then I’d crush her heart.
Only a twisted man could find a woman lying in a hospital bed attractive.
As I stared down at her, I was surprised that the need to end her life had all but faded away. I’d been right to alter my plans. There was no reason to destroy something so beautiful when I could claim her as my own.
I glanced at the beeping machines, a smile crossing my face. The revenge would be the sweetest feeling of all. I took out the plain card I’d grabbed from the flower shop, taking my time writing out a card that she would read later. My eyes never left her as I slid the note into the envelope, carefully placing it in front of the crystal vase.
A slight moan pushed past her sleeping lips and as she twisted, long strands of hair fell across her face. The need to touch her became something I couldn’t resist. After brushing the hair from her cheek, I rubbed my knuckle back and forth across her soft skin, no longer shocked by the level of electricity shifting back and forth between us.
Was it possible God himself had put us together? Luciano would laugh at me, suggesting that two figures, one presenting all things good, the other the breath of the devil himself, would likely tear a hole in the cosmic atmosphere. But he’d encourage it.
“My beautiful sleeping beauty. Soon you’ll be mine.”
She murmured, her eyelids fluttering open briefly. Then she returned to a peaceful slumber.
I thought about my father’s wishes, his need for me to prove myself as a capable, but also caring leader. Fine. That I would do in spades.
I would allow her to recover.
Then I would hunt her like prey, seducing her into surrendering to my will.
And I would taste her.
Take her.
Fuck her.
Own her.
Only then would the pain begin to subside. Maybe karma had offered me a gift.
One life for another.
She’d face an eternity with a man she’d learn to hate.
She would beg for her freedom, promising to do anything I asked.
As I rolled the tips of my fingers down her arm, an entirely different ache settled in my system. There was no such thing as freedom in the world of the Giordano family. At least not right away.
Until death do us part.
* * *
Sarah
“Don’t worry. You’re going to be fine.”
The voice was deep and dark, the intense baritone comforting. I could feel his arms around me, the warmth unlike anything I’d ever felt. I’d never felt so protected in my life.
“Where am I?” I asked, unable to see his face.
“Paradise. You’re mine now. You never have to worry again.” I sensed he was big and strong and as he rolled his fingers down my arm, I knew that he would always take care of me.
Only I didn’t know his name.
