Beautiful Devil: A Dark Mafia Romance (Sinners and Saints Book 5) by Piper Stone

Author:Piper Stone [Stone, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2022-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

An inspection.

As my uneasiness continued to grow, my mood increasingly volatile, I’d demanded an inspection of the entire property, including the sanctuary. I drove like a crazed fiend, rolling the truck along the makeshift roads at an excessive rate of speed. While Diego remained mostly silent, it wasn’t difficult to sense his discontent.

“What?” I barked as I pulled near the area where the lions were kept. Aziza remained pacing near the fence, her patience waning at the same rate as mine. The last of the evening light was fading beneath the horizon, but I was able to see the scowl on his face.

“Does it matter what I say?” he asked, his tone far too casual for my liking.

“Are you trying to irritate me?”

“I’m trying to get you to spend five minutes to discuss business.”

Hissing, I jammed the gear into park, not bothering to cut off the engine. I jumped out, yanking the cooler into my hands, cursing in Spanish under my breath. “Maldito hijo de put.”

Of course he heard me. I’d intended for him to.

“You can call me whatever name you want, Kostya, but that doesn’t change the fact you’re distracted.”

“I have reason to be.” As Aziza approached, I reached into the cooler, grabbing the hunk of filet then tossing it in her direction. The lion had refused to eat, her anxiety over her cub’s condition keeping her riled. Emily had eaten little during dinner, her pensive expression uncalled for in my opinion. I’d exploded toward the end, my impetuous behavior frightening her all over again. When I’d forked the remaining hunk of rare meat, she’d shaken her head then slowly risen from her seat, not bothering to say a single word as she left the room, heading up the stairs.

I’d almost locked her in but had forced myself to refrain. The fire and ice of our relationship was keeping me on an edge that I wasn’t used to being on. That’s how much the woman affected me. Then I’d gone on a rampage, my horrific mood continuing. I’d smashed half my freaking office in a useless attempt at curtailing my anger.

“You have a single reason, and her name is Emily Shephard, daughter of Jonathan Shephard, the slime bag snitch I might add. Or did you already forget that there are about two hundred Bratva soldiers that might want to tear her limb from limb because of her bloodline?”

I clamped my hand around the top of the fence in order to keep from throwing a punch. “So what? She means nothing to me.” Alexei wouldn’t dare attempt to cross me. He knew I’d bring the wrath of God down on him within hours.

He laughed half-heartedly. “You can lie to yourself if you want to. That’s fine with me. However, you destroyed your office, nearly killed one of the soldiers for not answering you quickly enough during this ridiculous inspection, and you refuse to talk about your plans with the woman. What do you want me to think?”

“I don’t pay you to think.

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