The Family (Mafia Romance) 1-3

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it was like someone else took over my body. I locked Keeley away in my mind where she could be safe. Because ev

x sells. And I had a body that screamed sex. I wasn't peti

y's trash. So, I taught myself to use it against them, and I had become damn good at it as well. Dancing ga

ed t

idn't

used by a man eve

n cleaned properly before my audition, then I could have done better. As it was, I felt my performance was mediocre at best. All I could do was hope I made the cut.

her to say something. She wasn't even looking at me. Her

ecause I was ten times better than the girl who had been dancing before me. Finally, the woman lift

ey, i

ericanisms came out, even aft

ust don't have the right look for The Penthouse. Even though I think you

causing bile to

doubt the best dancer they had seen so far. There could only be one reason that I could thi

no was

to sound more demure. Sometimes my temper got the

it as a bad thing. Just because you aren't right for us doesn't

on personally. But I had needed the money the job promised. London was an expensive city to

e of these walls. If anything, the less attention I got the better. "Thanks, for nothing, Mr Marino." Like a petulant child, I aimed my middle finger to the large, windowed office above the bar. That's wh

gnored her. The moment I had slipped my street clothes on I was already headin

ey, s

me kind of shield. I probably shouldn't have given the big boss the finger. Powerful

to you. He has another job tha

enough to dance in his snotty club, but I was good enough to b

r five years of living and surviving on my own was anything but. I

we have some othe

I would rather starve than take

ng? Cutting off your n

d certainl

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s eyes in the most adoring way. If I had been normal, I would have found him attractiv

ughts that I usually saw in men's eyes, which was why I felt totally at ease stripping out of my clothes and

ent around me. His touch wasn't repulsive to me. In fact, I couldn't sleep without it, which was one of the rea

few seconds. I was a good dancer, but it was emotionally exhausting to keep my subconsc

ing that he was shaking his head. "

now what that means." I reached to pin

too good for that dump anyway. They wouldn'

h words that men back home just didn't have. Carefree even

with my hands. "What the

cre

m is not the cure

a whisper. "It will be ok, Keeley. We have been in worse spots than this before and we got throu

good. After the disastrous audition

s good

t it wasn't unheard of for people to call on us. More than l

" I didn't eve

illed with voices. Male voices talking in low

ele

Panic flooded my system with ice. If I had been a military man, they would have said I had PTSD. But I wasn'

es

would like

at my childish outburst that he had sent his goons to kidnap me? "No, thank you

man smiled at me, but I barely saw it. Another man was

come to you or your..." dark eyes narro

ley." Kieran's voice

didn't have a care in the world while slipping my

an's voice. It sounded suspiciously like he was hoping I would put up more of

ed. I just wou

l him what happened and who took me." I hadn't spoken to my cousin in five years, but I had to believe that he would come to my r

oted back, rubbi

son to ring. He had more power than the Savage Sons could ever hope to have. That was if, of course, he wasn't dead or in pr

it didn't c

ed my finger towards the door. "L