This is book 2 in the "Beautiful Destruction" series. You MUST READ "Theirs to Claim" first in order to understand this one.
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When I was ten, my father told me that all of my dreams would one day come true. Naively, I believed him.
I may have grown up in an environment rooted by hate, dishonestly, and fear, but it wasn't until I was sixteen that I felt true pain. Years later at the age of twenty-three, I felt it again, only this kind of hurt was built on entirely different evils: love, secrecy, and revenge.
Alec, Caleb, and Xavier were the most beautiful of beginnings and destructive of heartbreaks, but nowhere in our story is there room for an end.
Yes, when I was ten my father told me that all of my dreams would one day come true, but what he forgot to mention was that nightmares were also dreams.
One lie, one night. It cost us everything, leaving us here, three-hundred and seventy-six days later.
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Even with the overarching mystery of who's responsible for the death of Heidi Adams, there are new conflicts that have arisen within New York. With the weight of carrying the title as Don, Xavier, Caleb, and Alec battle between what's expected of them, and regaining the trust of the women they feared they'd lost.
When Madelyn receives a series of anonymous cynical threats, she's left with the choice between facing the world on her own or risking the one thing she's spent months creating shields around: her heart.
Apart, the four of them are dangerous, but together, their force is lethal.
Only time is strong enough to reveal where their stories cross, however it's love, power, and revenge that threatens to burn everything to the ground. What was once a fight against each other turns into something that's far more daunting-something that has the ability to either unite two enemies or destroy what's already breaking.
Getting even.
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This book contains mature content including violence and sexual themes. Read at your own discretion.
This is the sequel to 'We Desire You' it is not a standalone pls read 'We Desire You' before reading this one. This book focuses a little bit more on Nate and Mateo, and sheds light on their dynamic together with Grace at the end of the book.
Her POV:
He says I'm his but I just don't know it. I just want to go home, I want to go see my baby, and my guys. I know telling him I'm theirs is not going to work so I take it, I take everything he dishes out. My guys will find me, I know they will, I just need to buy time. I meet someone unexpected and I break free when I get back to them I get everything I ever wanted and a few unexpected surprises. I'm theirs not his.
His POV:
She was taken right off our front porch, was taken and by the only other man, who would dare do that. I want to kill him, I want to kill the bastard that took her from me. When I discover my best friend has been holding out on how he actually feels, it clicks, it feels right. I love him, in more ways than one. He thought he would destroy what we have with our Angel if he told me but if only he knew. I am going to kill this monster that has taken my Angel from me, then I will show my best friend just how deeply I feel for him. I will show him and my Angel just how far I will go for them both, and I will love every fucking minute of it.
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Trigger warnings:
assault, sexual assault, mentions of rape, abuse from previous relationship, dom/sub play.