Ruthless Vengeance: A Dark Mafia Romance (Vengeance & Vows Book 1) by Hope Stone

Author:Hope Stone [Stone, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

Hours later, Ruby awoke to the sound of pounding in the middle of the night. She sat up with a gasp in Owen’s bed, clutching the sheet to her naked chest as she took a second to get her bearing and register the the sound she heard was frantic knocking coming from downstairs.

Blinking, she turned to Owen who was already slipping out of the bed. The room was dark, but the small amount of illumination from the moonlight coming in through the window allowed her to see him open his nightstand and grab a handgun.

Her blood ran cold at the sight of it. What was it he said at the restaurant? For protection? Just in case?

It made sense, but it didn’t sound true then and she didn’t believe it now. There was something about Owen that made her think he knew how to use a gun like that and had done so before.

“Stay here,” he said. She couldn’t even respond as a million thoughts raced through her mind. He didn’t stick around to hear what she had to say anyway.

When he left the room, she made a split-second decision. She wasn’t going to wait up here while he dealt with whoever was at the door. She needed to know who she was in bed with. The man hadn’t shared anything significant about himself with her, so the only way to get answers was to go out there and see what was going on.

Not wanting to turn on a light and attract attention, she pulled on the first item of clothing she picked up from the floor, Owen’s T-shirt. It was big on her, falling to her upper thighs. Maybe a little more revealing than she’d normally be comfortable with wearing around other people, but she was too focused on getting downstairs because the knocking had stopped.

At least, she hadn’t heard a gunshot. That had to be a good sign.

She didn’t see anyone at the entrance to the house, but she could hear Owen talking to someone in the living room. Holding onto the railing and tiptoeing down the stairs, she listened closely.

“What the fuck happened?” Owen asked, his voice commanding in a way that definitely shouldn’t have sparked her arousal, given the situation.

“It was the Italians, of course. The bastards raided our gambling spot on Raceway Road.”

“Damn it!”

There was a thud and Ruby imagined that Owen just punched something. She’d reached the bottom of the stairs, and she paused, debating whether or not she should stay here and listen or try to get closer.

In the end, her curiosity won out. She creeped across to the doorway of the living room, peeking around it until she saw a man sitting on the couch with what looked like a knife wound bleeding on his upper arm. Someone had sliced the guy, and instead of going to a hospital, he was here, rummaging through a first aid kit just like the one that Owen had used to treat her hand. That gave her a pretty good idea of just what kind of person he must be.

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