Page 59 of Ashes of Sin

“I will be back in three hours. Be dressed and ready.”

“Where are we going?” I sigh.

“To the Alliance Club,” he replies as his silver eyes roam my face and body like he’s checking to see I’m okay.

I’m not okay.

I’ve heard of the Alliance Club. It is a very exclusive bar with rumors circulating about what takes place inside.

“Wear the black dress,” Maddox says.

“Okay,” I reply, suddenly wondering if this might be the chance I get to break free. To slip a note to a bartender or have someone recognize me.

It’s certainly a better chance than staying here.

“Do you take medication?” Maddox suddenly asks, his brows slightly dipped.

His question surprises me.

“No. Wait. Yes. My asthma puffer that you gave me. Oh, and I was taking birth control, but only started a few weeks ago,” I confess, biting my lip.

I didn’t want to get pregnant by Pierce, so I had gone to a different doctor than our usual family one and had three months prescribed.

“At least I know you weren’t planning on producing a little brother or sister for me.” He hisses, then strides to the door.

Ouch.

“Three hours. Make sure you’re ready.” Maddox then slams the door.

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So, the anti-depressants were a lie. I thought so. The fucking prick. With every minute that goes by, the angrier I get about Kyra marrying my father.

It’s not happening.

She belongs to me.

Not in theI kidnapped her, so she’s mine kind of way—although, yes, that too. I mean, she’s mine in every sense of the word.

Mine.

Fucking mine.

I’m not returning her to my father. I’m not walking away and spending my life imagining him sliding his cock inside the woman...I...want.

That I’ve claimed.

She can lie to me about being in love with him all she wants, but I don’t believe her.

I can’t.

I won’t!

After the interview on the news podcast, my phone lit up like a fucking Christmas tree. We have a group chat that’s years old, so Parker, Travis, and Killian appeared on the screen.

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