He grabs my wrist, pulling me towards him, so hard that I hit his chest. He puts his other hand gently under my chin, forcing me to look up into his gray eyes. He lowers his mouth to my right ear, and coldly whispers, "You know I've killed people, right?"
I look up into his dark eyes, and say with a slight chuckle, " You're lucky I'm not working your case."
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Amara DaCosta, recently passing the Bar exam, is starting her job at Lincoln's Law Firm, one of the biggest Law firms in Chicago. One day, Amara and her new partner, Isabel Lopez, are assigned to one of the most complex cases the firm has seen, and ever since then, her life and career have been in danger.
Luciano Costello is what one would call, the Black Swan of the Costello Family, one of the most dangerous families in Chicago from Sicily. He doesn't want to be feared because of who his family is. He wants to be feared because he is a cold killer. Don't misunderstand him though, unlike his family, he only kills those who harm his clients. He is a bodyguard, after all.
(This is currently an ongoing story)
★BOOK #11 in the DARK SERIES★
"I don't want to let you go even if that makes me evil," he growled as he held her body in his arms.
Trez Luciano had one rule. Destroy anyone that got in his way. Living on the streets with his brother and then being smuggled into cage fights, he saw the worst in people all the time. Until, he met his mate. She was beautiful, kind and had a smile that made the ice melt away from around his barren heart. He couldn't resist her warmth or the way her wolf eased the blood thirsty animal inside him.
Angela Moretti saw the worst in life after her parents were killed in front of her eyes. Living in Tuscany all her life, she couldn't bear the crushing memories of her parents being taken from her. So, she left for New York and now worked in a cafe with her best friend to ignore the ache in her heart. But all that changed when a customer at the cafe was a very dangerous man and called to her wolf and her heart.
Axe Luciano was the head of security for his brother's nightclub. He made sure that no one fucked with his brother and killed anyone that tried. It was a simple way that worked for him to forget his tormented days in cage fights as a prized fighter. He kept his focus on work and nothing else... until trouble came calling at the club and he rescued a woman, that beckoned the possessive wolf from inside his blackened soul.
Sonya Sharma moved from Mumbai all the way to New York to escape her old life. She was best friends with Angela and they even lived together after they met at the airport the day they both arrived. Deciding to stick together, they both worked at a cafe. And she knew all about the shifter world while being a human. However, she never thought that she'd catch the attention of Axe Luciano.