ls fast in

zing. Jax Devereaux, the city's most notorious bach

rted blowing up. Old friends, society vulture

e from a number

Vande

embled as

iam's voice was strained, filled with a fra

r to you, Liam?" I

, I panicked. I never stopped loving you. Let me fix this. I'll pay off y

the wolves was now begging for a second chanc

arked in my mind. A co

also

versal. He remembered what happened. He remembered my horrif

o

a hint of vulnerability into my voice. "My fami

for you, Scarlett. Just le

" I said, my voice fl

nge could be sweet. Using his guilt to res

was on the phone, his back to me. He

ion dismantled. Raided. Shut down. Everyone involved, fr

bout the traffic

seeing me standing th

all morning," he said, his voice drippin

y my family's deb

s jealousy. "So you're playing us both? Runnin

weapon, Jax. I'm

rowled. "I don't like h

us?" I asked,

Sinclair," he snapped,

s his loyal friend, a man named Marco, who had also b

is moving in on the auction house right now. And we

e turned

at me. "It's over. T

nd pulled me toward

are we

inish

ts and locals mingled. He pulled me through the crowd until we st

the diamond choker s

it up for a moment, the diamonds catching the sun.

red with a

crowd, his voice ringing o

top now. Anyone who shames her, anyone who l

gainst his side. It was a public decla

ould burn the world