His guards.
“Not again!”Ava says with a chillingecho of the night she was kidnapped, and another batch of guards died.
Griffin doesn’t let up, though. His wife is Greek, and this might drag the empire into a conflict. “Ares, we know your secret might be valuable to the wrong people.”
“No one will touch this woman,” Ares says calmly. “Any part of her…”
I shudder at what that means.
Oh shite…
Midnight strikes and fireworks split the sky as the city cheers.
Ares leans down and presses a harsh kiss against her lips. Whatever bargain was made, it wasn’t gentle. Might never be.
Whatever future is growing, it’s already being fought over.
Some men marry for power.
Others for control.
Ares looks like a man who would marry to protect something the world has decided to hunt. And God help anyone who tries to take it from him.
Thank you for reading Wicked Deception.
Want an inside look at how Rhys, Blade, and Jett stole the Christmas tree for Fallon? Read the Quinlan Empire MM Novella Holiday Scars!
Wicked Deception concludes the Quinlan Empire Series.
Thank you to all the readers who have loved the O’Rourkesand the Quinlans.
Cormac O’Rourke’s story is Lessons in Corruption and the final Astoria Royals Standalone Romance. Order it HERE.
Next Up:
Ares and Lourdes’s complicated and twisted love story is Ruthlessly Obsessed and Book One in a new Dark Mafia Romance Series: American Mafia.
To the world, Crime Lords hide in plain sight as titans in tailored suits.
Unshakable. Controlled. Perfectly civilized.
That’s what they want people to think.
And empires don’t advertise when they’re preparing for war.
In this new American Mafia era, power isn’t inherited.
It’s negotiated.
Traded in blood, loyalty, and brides.
But each syndicate leader will find out what happens when the women refuse to stay a bargaining chip.
Keep scrolling for more Rhys and Fallon in a Bonus Epilogue:
Bonus Epilogue
Rhys ~ Five Years Later
