Bloody Tainted Lies: A Dark Mafia Romance by Shae Ruby

Author:Shae Ruby [Ruby, Shae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-27T18:30:00+00:00

16 Years Old

It’s a dark night with the new moon, and since it’s the middle of winter it’s cold too. Thankfully, there’s no snow on the ground tonight, although the ground feels frozen beneath us, making me even colder than I should feel. That still hasn’t stopped us from meeting up. Quite frankly, I’d say I wouldn’t let anything short of a snowstorm—or my period—stop me from seeing him.

It’s been a bit tense the past few days since our encounter by the lockers. Neither of us has mentioned how we acted with each other, but I still remember his lips against the palm of my hand, my cheek, and my body heats up like an oven. The more I try, the less I can get him out of my head. I just need to know if I’m imagining all of this, if it’s all me. Or if he feels it too. I think he does. He has been really sweet to me, and I think our feelings are mutual.

Nikolai was so jealous of Leo when we were sitting together, something I had never seen from him. Leo and I weren’t even talking to each other until right before I left, yet Nik looked at him like he could murder him. Heat rushes between my legs just thinking about it, and I clamp them shut.

“You okay there?” Nik asks me. “You look a bit uncomfortable.”

“I’m fine,” I squeak, lying through my teeth. “Um.” Suddenly I’m nervous. “Are we okay?”

“What do you mean?” Genuine confusion crosses his features, and I realize maybe I am imagining everything.

“Well…it’s just that you’ve been acting weird since the lockers…”

Nik groans low in his throat. “We’re fi⁠—”

“Why were you jealous?” I ask him, “You looked at Leo like you could kill him.”

“I wanted to.” Our eyes meet, and Nik gets closer to me, erasing the distance between us until our sides are glued to each other. I look up at him. “I wanted to fucking end him, Camilla. I wanted to keep you for myself.”

My stomach swoops and my breath quickens. “For yourself?”

“I want you to be mine,” Nikolai whispers. “But I know you never will be.”

I reach out and grab his face between both hands, making him look into my eyes. His dilate, black swallowing silver. “I’m already yours.” Tears prick the back of my eyes. “And I always will be.”

Nikolai reaches behind me and grabs the back of my neck, pulling me in until our breaths mingle. He doesn’t close the distance between us, though—I do. When our lips barely brush against each other, a spark of electricity bursts within me. I know he feels it too, yet he pushes me away. Hard.

His breathing is ragged and I inhale sharply, surprised, but I don’t have much time to think about it or react before he crawls backward away from me. “God,” he groans as he pulls away. “I can’t do this, Camilla.”

What?

I blush when he looks at me, but it’s because I’m ashamed. What was

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