Gilded Thorn: A Dark Bratva Stalker Romance by Ember Davis

Author:Ember Davis [Davis, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

LAUREL

There’s something jittery inside of me, something unsettled. I’ve been here too long, and I know my brothers are probably going crazy. Knowing them, they waited to tell Nikolai because he went up to the cabin to get his head on straight.

I’m at the limit of how long I can go without any contact. I know it.

It’s the warning bell inside of me, reminding, pushing, fucking blaring. I need to do something and if I don’t do it soon then shit is going to go sideways and I’m not going to be able to stop it.

I have a window to do this right and if I don’t take advantage of it, it’s going to be gone and then everything is going to be out of my hands.

Hasn’t enough already been out of my hands? I’m tired of it. I’m in charge of my own destiny.

I know Vlad is scared I’m going to run for it, especially if I talk to my brothers. I can understand his concern, but only because I haven’t told him he convinced me to stay.

If I wanted to be honest, which I only partially want to be, I fell for Vlad Petrov the moment I saw him in person. Something tugged me forward, something kept me listening, something whispered for me to not fight too hard.

I wanted something new, something all mine, and I got Vlad. In him, I’ve gotten everything I’ve ever wanted and I’m painting again. If nothing else, that’s a sign I’m heading in the right direction.

I’m a resourceful woman, if I really wanted to leave here then I could have figured out a way. Vlad locking me away in his tower and pretending like my thorns don’t draw his blood isn’t going to stop me.

I’ve still stuck around.

The longer I’ve been around him, the farther I’ve fallen for him. Now I’m in love with him and can’t imagine waking up anywhere other than in his arms. I’m aware it might not make sense to some people, but my life has always been based on extremes. In the world I was raised in you learn quickly life is not guaranteed and things can go wrong in a moment.

Why can’t the opposite be just as true? Why can’t the good breeze into your life and make everything better?

Vlad proves to me it can.

I tug at the oversized sweater I have on when I step off the elevator on the floor where Vlad’s office is located. He just put my fingerprint in the scanner this morning.

While he was doing it, his blue eyes were intent on my face and his deep voice held a warning, “You should know that you won’t be able to access the lobby.”

“So, I’m still trapped,” I challenged him.

He huffed out a breath and ran his fingers through his hair as he continued to talk as if I didn’t say anything, “I’ll be alerted whenever you get on the elevator.”

I bristled, “Vlad, I’m not a fucking child and I won’t stand for you treating me like one.

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