Sirius immediately dismisses all but two of his men and carries me towards the black Escalade parked haphazardly at the end of the alley. “Sirius, I don’t need you to care for me.” Sirius ignores me, keeping his eyes trained forward. “Sirius, I said—” I snap, but he cut me off sharply. “ I heard
My Sirius lost his scholarship to university defending people from the mafia. When everyone said he was crazy for losing his future over a nobody, he just shrugged as if he dropped a penny on the floor and not thousands of dollars and the opportunity at education at one of the best universities in t
Isabella’s voice cuts across the parking lot. She is scowling at me, holding her paper bag of groceries close to her chest. “Isabella, it’s not what you-” “Oh, don’t try to manipulate me, Whore. I knew you were a slut the first time I saw you.” She fishes in her back pocket, drawing out her phone.
Fear flashes in her eyes, but it slowly melts when she looks at me, and she regains her will to fight. “You.” I look at her passing Tyson to get to me. “You’re nothing but a good-for-nothing bitch,” she spat at me, “using your looks to manipulate men. Tell him to give me back my phone Elise.” I fl
I stand there, the tension between us thick and suffocating. “Alston will be home soon. He’ll help me,” I say, my voice steady but firm as I go to move around him towards the entrance to my apartment entrance. Sirius’s eyes narrowed, a rebellious spark flickering within them as he steps in my way.
Sirius crouched down beside me, his curiosity piqued. “What’s in the box?” he asked, reaching for it. I block his view, shoving the ring into my bra, and release a shaky breath. He didn’t see the ring, or he didn’t care about such a small white lie. I clutch the keepsake tightly to my chest, my vo
Sirius’s hands roam over my body, pulling me into him as if we can get any closer. My lips open for him and his tongue slides into my mouth as he caresses the curve of my hip. Sirius moves us pushing me against the wall, encasing me in his flexing muscles. Just as I began to lose myself in the kis
I avoid his gaze, looking at the floor, but that is when I recognize the glass on the floor. “Oh did something break?” Sirius tries to tighten his grip on my waist, but I slip out of his embrace too quickly for him to grasp, but I freeze when I see the photo smashed on the floor. I squat down, “El
I run before my mind can catch up, my legs carrying me through the dimly lit corridors. My breath is ragged, and my heart pounds in my chest like a drum. The echo of Sirius’s chilling threat rings in my ears, spurring me to move faster:I will cut your tongue out and make you swallow it back along w
I leave Alston’s cell, with him screaming and the rattle of his chains leaving me with a heavy heart, each step feeling like I'm walking through quicksand. The air feels colder, sharper, as if it knows the weight of what I've just done. I pause at the edge of the staircase, taking a deep breath to s
He thumb stops mid caress and I can feel his gaze running over me in confusion and judgement, “Obessed? Um…no.”I feel like I am freezing, like he just said the best and worst that I have ever heard. I take a deep breath, trying to gather my thoughts. “Alston, I’ve been thinking a lot about us, and
I stand at the stairs that lead to Alston’s prison cell, because Sirius said if I tell Alston the truth then he can be let free. I don’t know why but when he said that it felt like I could be set free, or caged because at this point I don’t know the difference.Sirius said he was obsessed with me. I
“Because it’s not that simple!” I cry, the tears streaming down my face. “I’m trying to do the right thing, but it’s tearing me apart. I don’t want to hurt anyone, but I don’t know how to fix this.”Sirius’s hands ball into fists at his sides, his anger barely contained. “You’re wrong; it’s simple,”
Sirius draws small circles along my spine, my head laying on his chest as his other hand lazily crawls up my inner thigh sinfully close to my center before drawing back down. His breath flutters over my face in soothing waves, and I move in closer, my curves matching the firm outline of his body per
Sirius responds immediately, his lips meeting mine with a hunger that ignites a fire within me. Without warning, Sirius closes the distance between us, his hands gripping my waist firmly as he lifts me onto the polished surface of the dining table.The cold marble against my back sends a shiver thro
Sirius looks at me with a blazing fire in his eyes, tension ever growing in the click of his jaw, but I do not waver in my gaze. I stand tall with my arms folded and my eyes narrowed in on his clicking jaw. “Elise, sit down.”“No,” I snap, my hip poking out to the side, but I suck my inner cheek bet
Eight years earlierSirius stood at the edge of the old park, the twilight sky casting long shadows across the cracked pavement.He kicked a pebble, watching it skip across the ground before glancing at his watch. Claudia had asked him to meet her here, and he couldn't shake the feeling of unease tha