Total pages in book: 177
Estimated words: 176345 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 882(@200wpm)___ 705(@250wpm)___ 588(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 176345 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 882(@200wpm)___ 705(@250wpm)___ 588(@300wpm)
“I guess so,” Nathan replies.
“Found a stray cat on the curb,” Kai muses.
Milo’s eyes land on mine, and his whole face turns white as snow. “Lana? What is she doing here?”
“I don’t know,” Nathan says, shutting the door.
I open my door and step out too. “What? Don’t act like you don’t know why I was there. You wanted to extort me for money, so I came to check why.”
“Wait, what?” Milo follows Nathan as he heads up the steps to the building. “She knows?”
“Wait, you knew?” I frown at Milo.
Milo’s face reddens, and he focuses on Nathan.
“Doesn’t matter,” Nathan says. “They probably won’t leave us alone now that they know I’m able to pay.”
“But you gave them what they asked for, right?” Milo asks. “You paid off your parents’ debt. Isn’t that enough?”
He shrugs. “I don’t want to think about it.”
I catch up with them. “That’s easy for you to say. Your pictures didn’t end up in the wrong hands.”
“Did they?” Kai asks, stopping midway up the front steps.
“Yes.”
His eyes narrow at me, bolts of lightning almost flickering from his eye. “Who?” He cracks his knuckles. “Who do I need to kill?”
I’m sure he’d try. “Jason saw it by accident. And I don’t fucking care. It’s too late.”
Still, Kai won’t let me out of his sight, and he grips my waist, forcing me to stay put. “Does he know we’re involved?”
I shake my head. “I didn’t tell him anything.”
“Good.” He leans in so close I can feel his breath against my neck, sparking desire inside my core. “Keep it that way.”
“Like I’d ever want to tell anyone you’re fucking with me just to keep my kills a secret,” I say.
“Oh … I’m not just doing this to keep your secret, Lana,” he whispers, pressing a coy and dangerous kiss right beneath my ear. “Don’t you know I’ve always craved you?”
I suck in a breath, but it’s hard, so damn hard to ignore the growing arousal.
“You wanted to come, so come,” he says, smiling like he’s crazy before whisking me inside.
And why do I have the feeling he meant something else when he said come?
“God, I just want to forget about today,” Nathan groans as we walk into the mansion.
“Well, I can help you take your mind off it,” Milo replies, winking.
“Not now,” Nathan responds.
“Aw … I was so looking forward to the room,” Milo says with a frown as he closes the door behind us.
Nathan takes off his coat and slings it over his shoulder. “I’ll show you all corners of the wall soon enough, don’t worry.”
Milo grins with excitement.
Is this why he begged me to use him?
Milo is submissive to Nathan, yet he called me his queen.
“Wait,” Milo says, and both Nathan and Kai stop in the middle of the hallway while he runs into the living room and swiftly closes the door behind him.
A few seconds pass before the door opens again. He’s holding hands with a little blond-haired, blue-eyed girl, and the rage on Nathan’s face practically melts away.
“Rory,” he whispers.
“Who’s that?” I ask, but Kai merely squeezes my waist and puts a finger to his lips.
“I thought I’d bring you a welcome home gift,” Milo says with a gentle smile on his face. “Just for a couple of days.”
Nathan immediately drops his coat, runs toward her, and gives her the biggest hug I have ever seen, twirling her in his arms.
“Fuck, Ro, I missed you.”
And for a moment, all I can do is stare at their loving embrace.
She giggles like the cutest little girl ever. “You swore! Mommy said we’re not allowed to use bad words.”
“I’m sorry,” he says, pecking her on the cheek. “I won’t do it again.”
“Pinky promise?” she says.
He holds up his pinky and hooks it around hers. “Swear on my life.”
“At least not in front of her,” Milo mumbles.
“Is that …?” I mumble in shock.
And Kai’s answer suddenly makes all the sense in the world. “His sister.”
LANA
I swallow the damn rage I’d felt mere hours before.
Kai leans in sideways to whisper, “You wanted to know why he needed the money. Now you know.”
No wonder Nathan said it was a matter of life and death.
That trade wasn’t just to pay off the debt his mom and dad owed. It was to save her. That tiny little girl hankering for his hugs, looking up to her big brother like he’s her entire world.
Everything she has left after the world has crumbled around her.
Rory looks around with awestruck eyes. “Is this your home?”
A proud smile forms on Nathan’s face. “Yup.”
“Can I live here too?”
“Oh my God, she’s so cute.” Milo bursts out into aahs and oohs and the sound almost makes me burst out into laughter too.
“No can do, Ro, sorry. You can stay for a couple of days, but nothing more,” Nathan says. “This society is for grown boys only.”