'𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒙? 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕.' |18+| "Do it," he drawls, not even flinching at the knife I have on his neck. "I'd rather die at-in your hands than in anyone's." "Aren't you scared?" I ask, eyes tracing the trail of blood going down his neck. "Scared? Darling, it'd be a privilege if you're the last thing I see before I die." ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Born to peace and innocence, Arianna Romano, was striped off her childhood and thrown into a world of violence someone her age should have never faced. But she learned one thing-give justice when it's due. After working his ass off to do the right thing by the law for almost a decade, Mateo Rodriguez feels betrayed and full of anger when he finds himself on the run from the same people he worked for. With his whole life coming tumbling down, the last thing Mateo expected was to stumble upon the last case he's willing to risk his life for. Two twisted people taking out justice in the way they know best. What happens when they both find themselves ensnared in a web of darkness, where the whispers of the shadows revealed truths too horrifying to conceal? Join this pair in the rollercoaster of a life of war, flying bullets, levitating knives and a hell ride of betrayal and love. Just know that even the most just person have secrets carefully concealed beneath layers of deceit. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❛Tonight is all about me,❜ he says, voice dark as his cold eyes trails down my exposed body. ❛so get down on your knees and put that tongue of yours to work.❜