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Then I had to remind myself that the only reason I had wanted to marry her was to gain power via the alliance and that getting her as my wife had been just a side benefit.
I looked down at the girl next to me, my gaze trailing over her body and ripped dress.
I wasn’t sure I liked her like this—a part of me preferred her when she was lashing out and fighting me.
The white fabric of her dress was splattered with drops of blood, probably from the gash on her arm. I ran my fingers over those droplets. Something about blood always got my adrenaline going, its bright red color calling to my senses, calling to the darker side of me.
Her expression was serene right now, almost angelic. But that wouldn’t last, not when she came around and realized that she was now in my hold—that she was now my captive.
Her white dress screamed innocence; however, the red droplets of blood told me that this angel had been tainted by darkness today.
This was only the start. I would take her body and break her innocence—break that protective shell that had guarded her all her life from the cruelties of our world.
She might have the face of an angel, but she had the heart of a traitor.
She was supposed to be my wife. Now she would be my revenge.
***
We had been up in the air for a couple of hours when I heard a low moan from next to me and Juliana stirred in her seat.
She was coming around as the drug I had injected into her was wearing off. I turned toward her and saw her trying to open her eyes.
“Wh-what’s happening?” she stammered as she tried to sit up. “Where…are we?”
I narrowed my eyes. “We’re going home,” I replied.
I saw confusion on her face as she looked around us and took in where she was. “Home?”
“Back to Chicago.”
Panic filled her eyes, joining the confusion and terror that were already there. “I have to go back to L.A.”
I turned away from her.
“I need to make sure Jess is going to be alright.” When I didn’t reply, her voice rose an octave. “Why are you doing this to me?”
I looked at her and saw the emotion shining in her clear blue eyes. And I hardened my heart. “You belong to me now. I’m taking you to your new home.”
“You’re crazy! I don’t belong to you.” She forced the words out despite her patent fear of me.
“That’s where you’re wrong. You signed the contract and therefore I own you now.” My voice was harsh.
“You can’t buy a human being through a contract,” she spat at me. “You can’t own me. That contract will never stand up in a court of law.”
“It doesn’t need to stand up in a court of law. It’s enforceable in our world—the Mafia world. You may be young, but you’re not naive. You know how things work, and you know that your family has to honor the contract, as do you.”
Her gaze faltered, as though she was trying to comprehend what had happened.
She was probably in shock, together with the drug still making her feel woozy, and my words had their intended effect as they dealt another hard blow to her.
CHAPTER 7
JULIANA
I felt like I’d lost control of everything.
I looked out of the window of the jet, wondering if I could still see L.A.
