Page 76 of Savage Rule

“Okay.” I look at the whiteboard again. “P. Sinclair? Is that supposed to be, Peaches Sinclair? Did we get married while I was knocked out?”

He chuckles, and for the first time since I woke up, his spirits seem to lift a little. “I couldn’t use your real name. As it is, my connections are working their magic to keep us hidden from Luca.”

Ah yes, he’d have connections of his own. Just like I had a secret apartment. But those don’t last forever. Eventually, we will have to move.

Still, for now, I can enjoy this moment of peace.

“I like the way it sounds,” I sigh.

“Really? Peaches Sinclair.”

Laughing, I say, “No, silly. Scarlet Sinclair. Sounds sexy.”

“Yeah. My name belongs to you. My heart too.”

Something lodges in my throat, a sob or maybe even my own heart. “I love you, Dimples.”

He nods slowly as a smile appears on his lips and his dimples deepen. “Right back at ya.”

I reach for his hand as I drop my head back onto the pillow and grin. “We’re fucked. You realize that, don't you?”

“Oh yeah, Peaches. So fucked.”

“But you love me.”

He scoots onto the bed and puts his arm around me, bringing me tightly into him. “Till my dying day.”

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He’s a blue-eyed villain. As charming as the Devil himself, and just as dangerous. A predator made to seduce. And I fell right into his trap.

I’m a mafia princess, sister to the ruthless king of the Sinacore crime family. Ruthlessly overprotective, that is.

With the recent murders involving the heads of several criminal organizations, my brother amps up security, making decisions that stifle my already insignificant personal life.

So when he sends me away for my own good, I see the chance, and flee. I run as fast as I can from my gilded cage, straight into the trap set by our greatest enemy. Gideon Black.

I’m his captive now. Something to barter with. Something to play with.

Now instead of a gilded cage, I’m held in one made of brutal seduction and dark promises. The more I fight the desire he stirs in me, the hotter our fire burns. My walls are crumbling faster than I can build them, and I’m not sure if I'll be able to resist the temptation before I can escape…

or if I’ll surrender to the sweet torture and become a willing victim of the Ferryman.

EPILOGUE

GIDEON

“Ialways wondered what the inside of Briar House looked like,” I say when the mask is removed from my eyes. I look around, then focus on Luca and Carina who are standing near the single steel door. “Kind of drab.”

“You’re in the hold, idiot.”

“Still, it wouldn’t hurt to add some art. Liven up these walls. I have a dealer. Name’s Jackson Shaw. Owns The S Gallery in Jersey. You might have heard of him. Ah, Noah, so nice to see you again.” As I’m talking, Noah Esposito steps inside.

He pauses at the mention of his father-in-law’s name. “Whatever business you had with Jackson is long over.” He rolls up the sleeves of his blue dress shirt.

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