Greed: A Dark Contemporary Romance, Rumpelstiltskin Retelling by J. Kearston & Sinners Fairytales

Author:J. Kearston & Sinners Fairytales [Kearston, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

I shouldn’t have lied to her.

Yet the second before I opened my mouth to tell her, I knew it would kill that spark that she’s finally managed to find, wipe the smile from her face. And call me selfish, but I’ve gotten addicted to seeing that look on her, loved the way she’s stopped jumping at shadows in recent weeks.

All of that would have gone up in smoke if I’d told her that her pathetic excuse for a father was seen breaking into the club out in the slums with fucking Jax’s men.

I knew the line he fed us about Jax Carson planning a hit on the casino while we were all caught up in the annual Christmas party at the gallery was a load of horseshit. Boss did too, which is exactly why he wouldn’t let us kill him and be done with it once he spilled the ‘insider information’ he was dragging out to buy himself some more time. This way, when his claims proved to be useless, we’d have all the more reason to make the man suffer.

Yet he doesn’t need to wait for an excuse at all, so I have no clue why he insists on letting the bastard live.

Pulling into the parking lot, the space is abandoned save for a handful of cars, too early in the day. Drawing my weapon, I head towards the back door, which is currently cracked open from a busted lock and unable to latch. Cautiously opening it wider, I see several familiar faces and relax a fraction. That is, until my eyes fall on the body, face down and still.

I’ve seen a lot of gruesome things in my life, but none of them prepared me for the twisting in my gut when I catch sight of the dead blonde on the floor near the booths, her dress torn and bloody. If I hadn’t just dropped Elyse off at the house myself and knew there was no possible way someone could have grabbed her and gotten here before me, I’d have thought it was her. Their size and shade of hair are nearly identical.

“What the fuck happened?” I snarl, turning towards Aaron, who’s currently holding a gun to the back of some guy’s head.

Caleb is in a similar position, as are Seth and Jake, though the latter are forced to handle two men each to cover them all. I run a quick mental tally from who we caught on the camera, noting there were at least three more guys when we got the call.

“She was already dead by the time we got here,” Aaron growls. “Been a little busy and haven’t checked the footage, but I don’t recognize her as one of ours. No clue where the fuck she came from.”

I scan the faces of Jax’s men another time, none of them the fucking weasel that I’m looking for. “Miller?” Aaron gestures with his head towards the small kitchen. “You got this under control?”

Seth scoffs. “Not our first rodeo, E. Waiting on the boss to make the call what to do with them, but they twitch, all bets are off.

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