Burned Dreams: A Forbidden Mafia Bodyguard Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Book 7)

“How does it feel to be only mine, Ravenna?” he asks while the hold on my neck tightens slightly.

I take a deep breath and lean forward, marveling at the feel of his hand pressing into my neck. “Like I’m finally free.”

The last card left on the table slips down and slowly flips in the air before it lands on the puddle of blood by Alessandro’s foot. The ace of hearts

“Game over, motherfucker.” He fires the gun, the bullet striking its mark in the center of Rocco’s face

Pride blooms in my chest upon seeing her, so small and terrified, yet facing her abuser and ready to fight for herself

“You’ve spent years plotting to exact your revenge. I’m sure you dreamed of doing it personally.”

“I did. But I have other dreams now.”

“I’m sorry, Ravenna,” he says, squashing that ember to ash.

He walks out, not bothering to look back.

Pleasure and pain. Seems one can’t exist without the other

Maybe if we would have met in another life, I may have had a chance

I would have tried to fight for him. But I can’t fight a ghost.

The heart of a man who went through hell and back, the man I have become, is desperately in love with a woman I planned to kill