Vivian POVHe walked into the dining room in a black suit that was half a mess. Sleeves rolled up, top buttons undone, and hair ruffled. His muscles were throbbing, probably from all the tension in his body and it made my eyes walk over every inch of his skin. I don't know how and I don't know when, but something inside me just snapped into place about Niko. Maybe it was his vow, or how he looked at me like a mystical creature too far above him to even touch, or maybe it was his devotion to give me anything I ask of. All I knew was that somehow a brick wall came crashing down and now everything inside me flooded with emotions. Mostly, I just wanted to curl into his arms and hear his rough voice tell me it was all ok. I hadn't decided what it all meant though. I still wasn't sure if I could live this life or abide by their rules. I saw it all as barbaric and unfair. A few families with all this power. Niko killed Joseph, who was my half-brother, in his basement. He attacked Jonathan a
Niko POVI woke remembering the best dream where Viv was in my arms to find it was not a dream at all. She was really here. I put her to bed in her room despite wanting to carry her to my bed. Then in the middle of the night she came to me. "Good morning, beautiful." My voice was a bit raspy from sleep. I felt her body squirming awake and couldn't help but watch her body next to mine. "Good morning, beast." Her lips pulled a small smile, making everything inside me erupt in butterflies. "Did something happen or could you not resist me?" I teased. I was actually concerned something bad scared her. I can't imagine her leaving Amy's side if there was a threat though."I was just missing you and decided to crawl in your bed. Do you not want me here?""I always want you here." "I like being here with you." We didn't say anything else. I was afraid she would tell me she was still leaving and I couldn't handle that right now. We stayed in bed for at least an hour just cuddling each other
Vivian POVI walked downstairs with a smile on my face. I was nervous to go to his room last night, but now I was glad I did. He held me all night, spoke honestly, and he was even playful. Niko was my beast yet I've only seen him kneel to my ever demand since I returned. I knew in my heart I wanted to stay. My mind was still at odds with this decision though. I slowly opened my heart to him before and he ripped it wide open then stomped on it. Could he really change this much in such a short time? Could we make a real future together? I wasn't even sure what I wanted in my future anymore. Other than Amy, nothing in my life felt whole.The table was full of life at breakfast this morning. Everyone was chatting and joking around. I found myself tearing a few times watching all my friends laughing as I did too. This felt right. Niko didn't engage in much conversation, but he listened and he wasn't bruting. "Are you ready boss?" Paul asked as we finished eating. We sat there for over an
Niko POVRandy, Paul, and I arrived in Vegas by the late afternoon and I couldn't wait to get this over with. I had a long plan to cut off every one of his fingers, then peel his skin off his arms, then finally, leave him tied up as he bled out. Now I just wanted to walk in and put a bullet in his head so I could get back to Vivian. That fucking body was calling me every second of the day. I think I have a chance of taking it and I was here with this bullshit. I had to be the one to end him though. The families needed to understand that I was the Capo and I didn't take any orders or demands. Well, unless it was Viv giving them. Then I'll happily fulfill her every request. Especially in bed. Would she want me to take her to bed? "Capo!" Paul spoke my name in anger. My eyes stoned to pure evil as I faced him. "Sorry, boss. You were just standing there. The car is here." Paul coward down to my cold glare."Let's get this over with." Was all I could say as I got in the car. Fuck, I real
Vivian POVAfter we texted in the afternoon, I couldn't stop thinking about him. He wanted me in a skimpy lingerie and for some reason I wanted to please him. I had hoped he would be home before morning so, I got dressed in a little black night set, that was really just straps holding all my best features in the perfect position. When he began texting me at night, I had no idea it would turn into phone sex. I never let myself go so wild with anyone before, but the need for him was overwhelming. Once everything inside me burst over my fingers I was filled with so many emotions.He practically begged for me to stay, but I couldn't say it. I wanted him, but I couldn't say I would be his again. How could I need his embrace, yet pull away at the same time?I woke to a text from my beast saying good morning, beautiful. I stared at my phone for a long time. I could wake every morning to his husky voice, sometimes his large tongue. Would I really be able to just pack up and leave him? I ate
Vivian POVI walked Niko to my garden and he looked almost disappointed. I know he really just wanted me naked in his bed, but I needed to know if he would choose me forever, or if this was just a game to get me under him again. I made my choice, now he needed to make his. "Wow! Did you have all my guards working out here? It hasn't even been 48 hours since I left." Niko looked around my garden filled with purple and white flowers for Amy, red roses for me, white lilies for my aunt, and the rest a rainbow of colors mixed with grass covering or ferns. "I did put them to work, but they happily agreed." I smiled at him. He looked at me for a moment and his eyes got big. He was realizing what this meant now."You are staying! This is your home!" For the first time since he walked through the front door, he lowered his walls. His harsh demanding voice faded away and his cold stare warmed to my eyes."I want to stay, but I want it all Niko. I'm a strong, loud mouth, independent woman. I ca
Niko POVAfter making love to my soon to be wife I watched her until I became hard inside her again. It didn't take long and I planned on owning this body all night.She was fucking perfect and now I had her. She was no longer trapped under me. She willingly laid at my mercy, wanting every part of my soul. Being by her side wasn't enough for her and I wasn't sure what to feel about her proposal. She wanted my devotion to her. She wanted me as her husband. I didn't understand how she could love me, but I also didn't care. I would take everything she offered because I needed her as mine.I leaned down, kissing her lips softly and circling my hips. "I love you. I need you." I said between kisses. "Right now, I need to own your body. Can you handle my beast?" I lightly nibbled on her lips, praying that answer was yes. I began thrusting hard into her as she hummed back to me and I lost my willpower to restrain myself. Then her body popped up like she was in pain. I quickly slid out of her
Niko POV"Paul, kill that fucker before I lose my temper!" I ordered my second as bullets flew past us."No way! She is your wife, you deal with her wrath." He dared talk back to me. I should have put a bullet in his head, but he was right. No one wanted to deal with Viv's anger. Over the years I may have given her too much power in the families. My men practically coward at her feet with one cold glare from her eyes. "Fuck! How do I get through to him?" I shouted to Paul."I don't know. He is fucking pissed and isn't listening.""Niko, come out and play!" The boy's voice taunted me."Will you just listen to me. I'm not here to kill you." I tried reasoning with him again."Oh, but I am here to kill you. You aren't worth anything Niko. I'll gut you for what you did to my sister." Fuck! He had been brainwashed all these years. How the fuck can I calm him down. My phone started vibrating and there was my goddess with a see threw shirt displaying on my phone. She gets on my ass everyda
Amy POVIt was a quiet ride back to whatever safe house Niko had set up. Lucy held one of my hands and Zander the other, squishing me between them in the back seat. I didn't want it any other way. I needed them more than I realized."We missed prom," Lucy said as we pulled through the large iron gate."Yeah, and two finals," Zander added.I laughed out loud. "We still have graduation. But seriously, how the hell are we just walking back into school on Monday like nothing happened?""Together," Zander said, giving my hand a squeeze.School felt like the least of our worries, but maybe it should be our only one. Maybe we were still just kids."Yeah, together," I echoed, watching him for a moment. He was really here."Are you a made man now, Zander?" Lucy teased."Well, I'm pretty good with a gun," he said proudly, until our driver chuckled."Shut up, Jimmy," Zander muttered, kicking the back of the seat."I'm sure you're a natural," I said, kissing his cheek and leaning my head on his s
Michael POVI heard everything my sister said to that monster. Every reckless, unhinged, defiant word. But it wasn't until she blurted out confirmation that she had slept with him, like it meant nothing, like her body was something worthless, that it really hit inside me.That's when the blood drained from my head and something ugly settled in my chest. She let him touch her. Maybe wanted him to. That sadistic bastard touched my little sister. And I did nothing to shield her from it. "You!" I roared, stepping toward the man I'd trusted to protect her."Michael, I swear, she went after him." Dylan slowly backed up towards the door, hands half-raised like that would stop me."Enough," Niko warned, nudging my side. "We haven't cleared the property."I turned to him instead, seething. "How the hell are you not furious?" My voice came out rough, nearly shaking. Not from fear but from the realization that maybe I'd failed her a long time ago. "That man violated my sister."Niko exhaled thr
Amy POVLucy ripped the tape from her mouth, her eyes wide. "Amy! What the hell?"I shrugged, cool and unapologetic. "He deserved to die." And I meant it. I felt no remorse. No guilt or shame. I mean, come on, would you? It's not like it was the first time I pulled the trigger anyway. "That's not what I'm talking about," Lucy glared at me, shaking her head in disbelief. The redhead was still wailing beside us, hysterical, useless. I eyed her, briefly tempted to shut her up permanently."Don't," Lucy warned, seeing the thought pass through my expression."Friend of yours?" I asked, my voice flat."No, but she has a sister." Her voice was clipped, guarded.Right on cue, another redhead crept into view, her hands raised in shaky surrender."I'm Sio," her voice was soft, terrified. "Please don't kill my sister."Then came the voice that always signaled a storm."I'm going to do much worse..." his words exploded in my ear, and I flinched. Where the fuck did he come from?"Jesus, Michael!
Amy POV"What did you bring me, my pet?" Killian's voice dripped with honeyed malice, the kind that made your skin crawl before you even understood why. He lounged behind his desk like a king waiting for a show."A peace offering, Master," the redhead before him purred, voice soaked in twisted obedience.My fingers drifted toward my gun as I listened to whatever fucked up meeting was going on.Killian tilted his head, smirking. "You have served me well. That data you sent caused quite a stir with my enemies, but why would I need some frail child now?"From just outside his office, I peeked through a narrow crack in the door. My eyes locked, wide and unmoving, like my brain was still trying to catch up to the danger already waiting inside.I knew I recognized that scream. Lucy knelt in the center of the room, bound and crying. My blood turned to ice, but I didn't move. One wrong step, and we were both dead.Killian stood, slowly pacing around Lucy, a predator circling a wounded doe. Hi
Michael POV"Niko will be here any minute. You ready?" I nodded to Sio."Locked and loaded." She nodded back."Paul said 7:30, it's not even six." Vinnie shot me a look."Niko will be early. He already surveyed our perimeter." I added a grenade to my belt. I was taking as much fire power as possible. Amy was coming home tonight, and Killian, I was going to tear him limb from limb for both my sister and Lucy."Dylan called earlier. He said Amy is fine and being held in a room on the third floor. Other than no food all day she hasn't received any punishment she wasn't willing to take." Sio added."What the fuck does that mean?" I scrunched my face at her. I probably shouldn't had told them about my contact, but I needed today for Lucy. Not that it did us any good. "I don't know. It's what he said." Sio shook off my bad mood. "Where's Ariel?" I snapped at her."It wasn't a good idea to bring her to this fight. You know of her ties to Killian and I don't want her around him ever again.
Lucy POVEverything inside me was on fire. I grabbed at my hair, kicked the bed and wanted to scream on the top of my lungs. I couldn't be here. I couldn't look at him and not want his death. I sat on the bed, steadying my breaths. I needed to go home. I went to the bathroom and turned on the shower, then slipped out the window. It was probably a stupid plan, but I didn't care. I have my Id and credit cards, plus Niko was probably going to take me home anyway. I didn't need to wait any longer. I couldn't. I walked right past some guards, waving to them like nothing was suspicious. I wasn't an enemy, or even a threat. And that is exactly how I got in a car and just drove off without anyone even trying to stop me.After ten minutes on the road I just broke down, crying the whole way to the airport. I was a mess, ready to break at any moment. It felt like I couldn't breathe any air other than that in New York."One way ticket to JFK." I asked at the counter, handing the lady my license
Niko POV"What the fuck are we going to do?" I paced the kitchen floor. I had a little fucker in one room to my right and a crying teenage girl in a room to my left. "I'm too old for this shit.""Michael is misguided, but a smart fucker." Paul smiled at me, relaxing on the couch like he had no worries in the world. He was getting old too."We aren't trusting Michael." Gio quickly challenged."There was a time we didn't trust you." Paul shot back at him."Enough!" I shouted just as Viv finally returned. She had two grocery bags in her hands that instantly fell to the floor when she saw my face. "Kitten, we need to talk." I tried to calmly speak, knowing I was about to get my ass handed to me."Calm down? Calm down?" She said with all her fury. She was so damn sexy, and very fucking lethal. "Kitten, please, let's sit and talk calmly." I tried to move us to the couch. Paul and Gio jumped up and raced out the door. Fucking cowards!"Do I look like I'm in the mood to be called your kitt
Michael POV"I don't know what she is talking about." I grumbled, lying uncomfortably on a twin size mattress."Yes, you do." Vinnie cleared his throat. He was sitting on a chair beside me, fingers on the bridge of his nose. "We are so fucked. We thought someone was trying to hack our accounts to move money, but they were really leaking info to Niko this whole time.""I'm trying to understand, Vinnie, but I feel like I might throw up. Spell it out and quickly." I asked with a deep whine."We stole from Niko, been watching his warehouses and hideouts. We were kids just messing around back then." He looked at me and I saw the regret on his face. "Five years ago, I sold some old data to Killian.""What?" I shot up then crumbled back down in pain. "Why the fuck..." I shouted."We needed an in with the Irish mob. He was an up and coming player at the time. You said to get on his good side and you didn't care about Niko, as long as you were the one that got to kill him. It was an easy in."
Michael POV"You fucking Lunatic!" Niko railed into me the second we walked through the door. I guess he lied about being a few hours out. Lucy quickly jolted behind me and I watched her try to hid in my back. She was hopeless. "Nice to see you too. You have eyes on Amy?" I cut right to the chase."Amy! I got Amy and I will protect her. You, oh you..." Niko grabbed his gun from the counter and began pacing. Paul stepped between us, whispering something to try and calm the dinosaur down."She is my sister. I already warned you not to get in my way." I spewed nothing but hate at him. I had enough shit going through my head right now."Your sister?" Niko shouted. "Do you have any idea how much danger you put her in?" "Me? You're the idiot that can't even keep his house in order.""Me?" Niko pushed Paul to the side and got right in my face. "I have..." I got right back in his face when little hands pushed at my chest. "Will you both calm down!" Lucy shouted, a hand on each of us, pus