Vengeful Devotion (A Mafia Romance) (Wicked Souls Series Book 1) by Morgan Elliott

Author:Morgan Elliott [Elliott, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-20T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Declan

I sigh. My little wildflower tried to run. I knew she would. I don’t know why she thinks she can get away with lying. Those eyes of hers are incapable of telling anything but the truth. And right now, Gemma is scared. Scared of her uncle. Scared to trust me. Scared to leave. She’s too scared to see the truth right now.

But I meant what I said. I’m going after her uncle. If he was smart, he’d leave my city. Though it would give me great pleasure to hunt him down and make him pay.

I look at Gemma. She’s avoiding my eyes, her cheeks still pink from being caught. I let my gaze roam over her body. Even in just a simple tee shirt and jeans, she’s still the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. She’s fucking perfect. Her perky breasts rise and fall with every breath. Having her in my bed is going to be a challenge. I’m having a hard enough time keeping my hands to myself as it is. But I didn’t ask her to move into my room to fuck her. Though, once she’s ready, I plan to do plenty of that.

Before I can take her bag from her shoulder and show her to our room, my phone buzzes.

“What is it?”

My voice gets Gemma’s attention. She finally turns those blue eyes back to me. I hold a finger up to stop her from speaking.

“We salvaged some video feed from the warehouse. You’re going to want to see this, boss,” Dean says on the other side of the call.

“Where are you?”

“In Juliette’s little hacking cave.”

I hear my sister muttering in the background. She hates being reduced down to a hacker. Truth is, Juliette is brilliant. With technology, with music, with almost everything.

“I’ll be right there. Gemma’s coming with me.”

I can’t leave Gemma alone. Unless I want her to run again. Not that she’ll get very far. She underestimates my desire to keep her here with me. I’d chain myself to her if I could.

“Got it.”

I hang up without another word. Putting my hand on the small of her back, I push Gemma forward.

“Where are we going?”

“To see Juliette and Dean.”

She slows her walk. “I’ll just wait in my room. I wouldn’t want to be in the way of your job.”

“I’m not falling for that, bláth fiáin. So don’t try it. Besides, don’t you think you should see all that you’re going to be queen of? You’ve never seen the basement.”

“Q-queen?”

I look down at her. Her face flitting through every emotion one can have. I see the war erupting inside her. She doesn’t know if she can trust me or my words. She looks too scared to even try. But one day she’ll know. She’ll know that I’ll always be honest with her. That I’ll always have her back.

“Queen,” I repeat, cementing the statement and the promise that comes with it.

Before she can dive into refusal, I lead her down the hallway. She stays quiet as we trek to the basement.

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