Queen of Hearts: A Dark Mafia Romance (City of Sinners Book 2) by Sienne Vega

Author:Sienne Vega [Vega, Sienne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-27T18:30:00+00:00

I wake from a sleep that feels like death. Heavy shadows surround me. Deafening silence presses down on me. When I go to move my body, nothing happens. I lay still, forced to stare into the dark abyss.

Don’t close your eyes.

Drowsiness settles in, trying to claim me again. Put me under. Take me away to the dreamless, lifeless sleep I’ve been in for…however long.

I put every ounce of focus on keeping my eyes open. Staying awake. Keeping my brain active.

But it’s difficult when nothing but shadows surround you.

I can feel myself slipping. My lids lowering. My mind powering off.

No!

A strange grunt sound emits into the stark silence. It takes another second before it dawns on me it’s my own. Some desperate, strangled, primitive grunt from my chest as I fight to hold on.

Where am I? What the hell’s happened?

When I strain my memory for more, I draw blanks. My brain’s too jumbled to make sense of anything. I can barely recognize I’m awake, and I need to stay that way.

Out of a dark corner, a figure looms closer. Their form is indistinct and warped, a willowy shadow that almost blends into the background. They drift closer as a sudden coldness in the room freezes my lungs.

I open my mouth and attempt to make the same grunting noise.

No sound comes out.

The figure hangs over me now, a dark shadow descending on me.

My lids can no longer keep up the fight. Neither can my brain. Any focus leaves me.

Deathly, dreamless sleep claims me once again…

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