King's Temptation: A Dark Mafia Romance (Merciless Kings Book 6) by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2021-07-15T18:30:00+00:00

Dimitri

I remained in the chair, sulking as I polished off my drink. I’d done a hell of a lot of that lately, falling into round after round of despair. Even before this mess, I’d found it difficult to concentrate. Maybe it was because the anniversary of that night was only a couple of weeks away. Or maybe because I’d been working long hours in an effort to help the King family keep the peace. Whatever the reason, I loathed what I was doing to myself.

What I was doing to her.

Her.

Now I couldn’t even use Angelique’s name. I’d continued to try to reduce her down to nothing important in my life. Yeah, I could tell how that was working. I jerked the bottle from the floor, pouring another hefty shot. This was my limit. Period. At least by Marko’s last report, the perimeter remained intact. One of the good things about the property was the denseness of the forest with only one road access. One of the bad things was the river. A boat could access the location, anchoring out of sight, the assassins swimming to the dock. Hell, they could use a freaking rowboat and it’d breach the limited security I had down by the lake. At least every exterior light was on a motion detector, the main line tripping the security; that did help. But there were always ways of getting around it.

I took another swig, glaring out the window. Maybe I should install blinds, something I’d never wanted to do. Still, we were sitting ducks if a single light remained on at night.

My thoughts drifted to the lovely woman sleeping in my bed down the hall. I’d been far too gruff with her, barking like some sergeant. She didn’t deserve my bad mood. I licked the rim of the glass, trying to reconcile my feelings for her. The yin and yang of what I was doing to myself was part of the problem.

I wanted what I couldn’t have.

Now that I had a taste, I wasn’t certain I could live without her. She was the only possible chance I had at salvation.

Beautiful.

Sensuous.

Bratty.

Perfect.

Mine.

If that was allowed for a man like me.

I eased the glass to the floor before rising to my feet, sliding my weapon behind my back. I took long strides down the hall, peering inside. It was far too damn dark. I knew she hated the darkness, angry shadows as she’d called them a long time ago. This wasn’t acceptable. Then I remembered I had a small battery-powered LED that would be perfect to use as a nightlight.

After finding it in one of the drawers in the kitchen, I took a deep breath before returning to the room. The second I turned it on, I was able to make out a shadow on the nightstand. When I walked closer, my throat tightened. She’d placed her own gun on the nightstand beside her. Not only was she terrified of what might happen, she couldn’t place all her trust in me being able to protect her.

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