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All Chapters of Merciless Saints: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

5 Chapters

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WINTERThe Past - 13 Years Old.“Winter,” Mom calls from the other side of the store, “what do you think of this one?”Dropping the beanie I was looking at, I walk closer to Mom and stare at the jacket she’s holding up. “It’s pink.”Her lips curve into a warm smile. “You love pink.”“Not anymore.” I move past her to the rack of jackets and glance over the selection until I find a black one. “I like this one more.”Mom’s eyes widen slightly. “Please tell me you’re not going to start wearing only black now that you’re a teenager.”I shrug as I remove the jacket from the rack. “Pink is too girlie. Black will tell the other kids not to mess with me.”Mom lets out a chuckle while shaking her head lightly. “Black it is then.”We spend the next hour shopping for my winter wardrobe. I only choose blacks, grays, and whites, avoiding any other color, which Mom’s not too happy about.Tomorrow I’ll leave for private school, and I want everything to be perfect. I might only be thirteen, but even I

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Merciless Saints/Michelle Heard

Unable to stay down, I crawl from the foot space and over the console onto the driver’s seat. “Cillian,” I whisper again, and it makes his eyes dart to me. Instead of his usual lopsided grin, a dark grimace distorts his face as he rushes back to me. “You’re safe now.” Slipping his hands under my arms, he pulls me out of the car, and then he begins to run with me. “I’ve got you, poppet. You’re going to be okay.” From over his shoulder, I take in the scenery that looks like a war zone. “Cillian,” I whisper, terrified and heartbrokenly. Tears flood my eyes, blurring my sight. “Winter!” I hear Dad shout. “She’s been shot,” Cillian yells. “Get me a first aid kit.”It’s only then I become aware of the blood dampening my shirt. My eyes begin to grow heavy as my body jerks with every step Cillian runs. My tongue becomes heavy, and I’m unable to tell him I’ll be okay.It feels as if my heartbeat is slowing down as if the sorrow engulfing me is drowning it. I’m being sucked into a nightm

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Merciless Saints/Michelle Heard

DAMIENThe Past - 18 Years Old.Zashchitnik.I’ve been raised in a family of elite protectors. Defenders. Custodians. Guardians. We go by many names, but the official title for the job we do is Custodian. Watching my older brother, Demitri, graduate from St. Monarch’s Academy as a custodian for Alexei Koslov fills my chest with pride. I use the term graduate loosely. The bidding night is kept secret until twenty-four hours before the ceremony takes place.The Koslov family placed the highest bid for Demitri, which will serve as my brother’s first payment for his services. It’s the only time we don’t have a choice. We have to be paired with the highest bidder. Not that it’s a problem. Alexei was determined to have Demitri as his custodian, and he paid five million euros to ensure he got him.Glancing at Alexei’s younger brother, Carson, I mutter, “You better bid double that for me.”Carson lets out a chuckle. “If you’re better than Demitri, then I will.”That will happen in five years

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Merciless Saints/Michelle Heard

The smile is still around her lips. I haven’t seen many whores, if that’s what Leoni is. She doesn’t look like one, with her blonde hair, amber eyes, and delicate pale skin. I have no intention of failing. It will be an embarrassment I’ll never live off.Determined, I close the distance between us. Leoni tilts her head back as I stop a couple of inches from her. For a moment, our eyes lock, and then I mutter, “Take off your clothes.” I watch as she undresses, and when she steps out of her panties, I grow hard at the sight of her naked body. “Lie back on the bed,” I order, which she immediately does.Still dressed in my three-piece suit, I crawl over her body. When Leoni reaches for my belt, I shake my head. “Don’t move.”Stilling beneath me, heat warms her eyes, and it makes the corner of my mouth lift. Irina was right. Women love men who take charge.It doesn’t take me long to get Leoni ready for me, and after I’ve slipped on a condom, I take her hard and fast, which has her scre

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Merciless Saints/Michelle Heard

For two years, I’ll live with my enemies. I’ll watch. I’ll learn. I will show them I’m a threat, and they will fear me.For Sean. For Father. For our family business.While we drive to the private airstrip where the jet is waiting to take me to Switzerland, I stare down at my hands.I feel Cillian’s gaze on me, and forcing a smile to my lips, I lift my head to look at him. He gives me a lopsided grin, but it’s tainted by the worry he feels about me leaving home. “Remember there are six syndicate groups. The Custodians, consisting of the best protectors. You’ll train with them.”I nod. “My goal is to break Demitiri Vetrov’s records.” Demitri became a legend during his time at St. Monarch's. Now he protects the top assassin in the world, Alexei Koslov, making them an unbeatable team. I need to be better than them because right now, we don’t stand a chance if they are hired to come after us. The thought makes my jaw clench and my top lip curl up. Cillian nods, then he continues, “It’s