Kept by the Bratva (The Valkov Bratva Book 2) by Ava Gray
Author:Ava Gray [Gray, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-30T00:00:00+00:00
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AMY
Ididnât sleep for long. The locks on the door clicked, rousing me from the light slumber Iâd managed. I sat up just as the wooden panels were flung open.
Nik.
He hurried into the suite, cutting across the carpet with long strides. His focus was on me, steadfast and with a frantic gaze that alarmed me. That wasnât all that I noticed, with my heart in my throat and my pulse going haywire.
From the light spilling in from the hallway, the double doors wide apart after his hasty entrance, I saw enough to toss the covers off me and scramble to stand and meet him in the middle.
We hadnât talked. We had no time to hold a conversation about what was going on between us. All weâd shared was a stubborn craving for each other, a physical lust that couldnât be stoppered or delayed.
Something more was there. Another thingâan emotional force a lot like careâbound me to worrying about him in this state.
âNik!â
If he didnât show up so suddenly and rush in like this, I wouldâve been concerned by his state of suffering.
Blood shone on his face. One eye was swollen and puffy. Cuts showed on his flesh, but he didnât act like he was injured.
âAmy,â he whispered, gravelly and with utter relief.
I didnât know why heâd be so worried about me here. Heâd left me here locked up with what I bet counted as layers of security outside his personal quarters of this lavish place.
We crashed into each other. His arms wrapped around me and crushed me into a hard, ironclad embrace. My breath puffed out of me with a hiss. That was how forcefully heâd taken me into his hold. I was used to his power. I enjoyed his shows of strength, the bulges of his muscles. In bed, when he was deep inside me, that brutal ferocity helped me escape reality and drown in ecstasy with him.
Here, he clung to me with another motivation. His arms shook. His breath rushed out in a rapid pattern of shuddering relief, as though he could only now be sane and whole at seeing and touching me again.
Almost like⦠heâd been afraid of never finding me again. The notion was ridiculous. Heâd locked me here, like a trinket or possession to keep track of without letting me know what was going on.
Of course, I would have been here. And with the thoughts Iâd entertained before I tried to sleep, I wanted to be hereâwherever he was. It was foolhardy. I was a moron to desire him, but with the twists and turns Iâd suffered, I couldnât lie and say he wasnât a source of security I yearned for.
âWhatâs wrong?â I asked, breaking free enough to look up into his face. âWhat happened?â
He shook his head, frowning with a vacant fear cast in his eyes. Heâd taken a beating, that much was clear. Surprise didnât freeze me with that realization. I saw how ruthless and dangerous he could be. I watched him shoot a man dead.
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