Merciless King
Echoes of the Underworld Series
Reeks: Echoes of the Underworld Series
Maggie Kay
- LucaI
- am
- Luca
- Valsetti,
- the
- chosen
- family
- enforcer,
- bringing
- all
- those
- who
- betray
- us
- to
- their
- knees.
- They
- all
- beg
- for
- their
- lives,
- pray
- for
- forgiveness,
- but
- I
- show
- no
- mercy
- when
- I
- make
- them
- pay
- for
- their
- sins
- and
- take
- their
- souls.Except
- for
- one.
- Scarlet
- Reed.The
- fiery
- redhead
- looked
- me
- straight
- in
- the
- eye
- as
- I
- held
- my
- gun
- to
- her
- head.
- Her
- piercing
- hazel
- eyes
- threatened
- to
- steal
- my
- soul
- in
- return.
- Something
- about
- them
- begged
- me
- to
- take
- her.
- Everything
- about
- them
- screamed
- for
- me
- to
- end
- her.Now
- she
- is
- my
- captive
- locked
- in
- my
- glass
- cage.
- I
- will
- learn
- all
- of
- her
- secrets.
- Every
- single
- one.
- She
- will
- pay
- for
- her
- betrayal,
- even
- if
- it
- kills
- me
- in
- the
- process.ScarletMy
- stupid
- need
- for
- the
- truth
- and
- for
- justice
- left
- me
- at
- the
- mercy
- of
- a
- cold-blooded
- killer.
- But
- deep
- down,
- I'm
- not
- certain
- that
- Luca
- Valsetti
- wants
- to
- kill
- me.
- I
- know
- he
- believes
- he
- has
- no
- choice
- but
- to
- follow
- his
- brother's
- orders
- and
- the
- rules
- of
- his
- syndicate.
- But
- I
- see
- the
- hint
- of
- doubt
- that
- surfaces
- whenever
- he's
- around
- me.
- I
- don't
- miss
- the
- skip
- of
- his
- heartbeat,
- the
- pause
- in
- his
- breath,
- and
- the
- undeniable
- lust
- in
- his
- eyes.
- I
- see
- that
- he
- is
- a
- broken
- man
- underneath
- his
- hard
- exterior,
- just
- as
- vulnerable
- as
- any
- other.I
- will
- break
- his
- walls
- down,
- piece
- by
- piece,
- and
- expose
- him
- for
- who
- he
- really
- is.
By
- the
- time
- Luca
- Valsetti
- is
- finished
- with
- me,
- he
- will
- wish
- he'd
- never
- even
- whispered
- my name.
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