Till Death Took Me First; The Bride's Revenge

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s, the sound of my pounding

st hit, but I couldn't see much. The rain was blinding, hammering a

skipping a beat. I could see through the riv

ath and held it as I he

ly empty and I was all alone. I al

out of the car, his st

him, plastering his black coat to his frame and hi

eatbelt, my mouth

a second and stealing the air right out of my lung

anding and watching me and there was a barrier betwee

he strands sticking to the collar of his coat and softening the sharp lines of a face that didn't n

blue. They held no emotion and t

de me nervous. He looked crazy, but there was something else, something deep

ots against the wet asphalt cutting through the rain like a

n the hood of my car once, his knuckle

e Death sa

the faintest curve of

! My head screamed it, but I sat frozen

peer through my windshield

it wasn't cruel either; no; it was a

e was gone, and then he mo

s an

uld be a serial ki

an eyebrow, his gaze flicking to my car handl

was like he was saying ge

one with a trembling hand, unlocked m

dress to my skin as soon as I stepped

. I could smell the faint, clea

orcing myself to me

lungs. He was even more

e, but his presence pressed in al

he distinct, dangerous feeling that if I r

t. "I was driving without p

?" he asked,

e messing with my mind for a sec

I answered

nching your phone so tightly while your other hand is trembling." He met my

How the hell di

was on the tip of my tongue, but he cut

d, my eyes widening in alarm as my

s he slammed his hand beside me, his towering frame blocking ou

riving," he murmured, his voice a dark caress, "like you were running from something." The rain beat harder a

water flying. "No! I don

that hard to believe Kaida. Everyone knows this alley belongs t

eyes widening as I r

ven. The man who ruled unrivaled over most of the corporations in the city. H

s about people going missin

true? Was that what wa

ngled around me like a noose, every se

as if granting me a m

s again, I won't be so forgiving," he said, his gaz

entered his car, and vanished into the

ign sensation flooding m

ething, my heart sudd

was Lucien's u

mpany and merging it with his, he will finally be able to

me the biggest corporation, Zavian got into

was Zavia

ouder as I stared at the road

uch different this time, Luc