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345 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 30, 2022
The darkness in him screamed for the monster in me and I was going to protect him and keep him safe no matter who I had to kill or what I had to destroy. Even if the thing I destroyed was myself.
Please. Don’t let this end in disaster. I couldn’t take that. Not with him. I never prayed, but I wanted to do it to keep him. Didn’t matter who was listening, as long as they realized that I would do anything, burn heaven or hell for what was mine.
Amadeo was still a huge bastard, but there were moments like this when he was soft and gentle that I sometimes forgot what a monster he was. Why is he being so nice to me?
I’ll make him see this isn’t all I am. I’m not just a monster.
“What the fuck? You didn’t have to do that to him!”
“He upset you.”
“So what!” I snapped. “He upsets me so you fuck up his hand? You probably broke something.”
“Maybe,” he said with a shrug before he picked up his untensils and started eating.
Six had looked genuinely upset when I hurt Angelo. He’s a lot more delicate than I thought. I had to rein in my temper or I was going to make him terrified of me.
Six couldn’t escape me. He had to know that by now. No matter where he ran or how far he got, I would always be right there to drag him back to me. Six was my boy, my property, my everything. I couldn’t lose the one thing in my life that held any meaning.
What was it about Six that made me so… soft?
I pulled out my phone and held it up. Six was my wallpaper, grinning at me after he’d just got through torturing me with more of his horrible food choices.
This was a six-month agreement, but I was already getting attached. How could I not? Everything about Six seemed as if he was made for me.
"Tell me you missed me, baby."
I shook my head. "No, I didn't."
He grinned. "Are you sure?"
"I don't give a fuck. No one has permission to touch you. Ever." He grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him. "Do you understand me?"
…
"You smiled at him." He lifted my chin. "That belongs to me too.“
Hold on, Six. Daddy's coming.
"Yes, Daddy."
I would burn the world down if anyone tried to take away the man I loved.
The darkness in him screamed to the monster in me and I was going to protect and keep him safe no matter who I had to kill or what I had to destroy. Even if the thing I destroyed was myself.
I held up a finger and downed coffee like it was going to solve all my problems and make me feel like I wasn't half dead.
"The world views me like that, but I don't want that to be all you see in me. I want you to see... something more."