She feared him more than anything-until he became the only place she felt safe.
After escaping years of abuse, Lina found a fragile kind of peace scrubbing floors in a mercenary's mansion. Quiet, invisible, and broken, she kept her head down and her voice lower. Especially around him.
Killian.
He kills for a living.
He is a powerful, cold-blooded mercenary, a wealthy man who built his empire off blood, fear. He owns a powerful private military company that operates in the shadows, answering only to the highest bidders. He commands killers, closes deals, and never makes mistakes.
Until her.
A glance. A flinch. A wound she tried to hide. And suddenly, he was watching her closely. Quietly. Like she was a puzzle he didn't mean to touch... but couldn't stop obsessing over.
Killian: "You blush like that again, and I swear I'll pin you against this wall just to see how deep it goes."
He didn't know how to be soft. She didn't know how to be wanted.
But in a house full of violence, he saw her. And he started to change.
And soon, she was everywhere in his mind.
It all started with "Is this seat taken?"
Xavier King, the scary and mysterious guy. No one dares to talk to him except his two childhood best friends, April scar and Caleb Hearst, and his little sister Jasmine. All his divorced parents care about is to win against eachother in their job since they both work as lawyers
Riley Stewart, the new girl. She doesn't know anyone except her cousin Layla Jones. Her parents died in a plane crash, and her aunt decided to take her in. Riley is the only one that doesn't know Xavier King's rule "Don't speak to me unless you're spoken to."
What happens when Riley breaks this rule?
Will he actually kill her?
Xavier King has many secrets. Will Riley Stewart get to know them?
Will Riley Stewart become the gang leader's possession?
Book 1 in 'Their Mistakes' Series