Deal with the devil's heir

a's

ould last forever.

a little girl sitting on his laps, playing with the

said once, his voice a thunderous p

cracked. It shook. And the empire he had built-our

none of them mattered now. His gray hair seemed thinner under the glow of the d

than to me. ''The debts, the contracts-everything is slip

the air like a blade. I f

ght had already bled out of him. ''Yes. Him. He has the r

isappeared overnight after crossing him, how he walked through boardrooms like a king dressed in ink

d dad thought of him to be our rescue. The Montero and the Blackwell

e the lump in my throat. ''We can't trust him

'There's no other way, Asha. But you don't understand-this won't work unless he w

me like fire. My father might have lost his strength,

t me go.'

t me, startl

o him, I'll c

. You don't know the

esn't know me either. That's our advantage. If he wanted to crush

ast it felt like it might break out of my chest, but there was no turning

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another unive

ehind me. The car rolled through tall iron gates that swung open on th

and sharp angles that rose against the night sky like a predator's jaw. Security camer

ed to know why I was there. The front doors

as to

the pit of my stomach, somewhat reminding me of my father's warning. Mayb

ilings so high I felt small just breathing under them. Ev

I saw

l, aura unmatched, hands in his pocket, w

n Bla

open collar of his shirt, not the faint scar that dragged across his cheek like a warning. His presenc

ke curling through the room. ''The princess

ds came. He already knew w

outh. I swallowed hard, forcing my voice steady. ''My father's emp

though I were some strange creature

out me?''

'' His gaze darkened, sharp as a blade. ''You look like someone who's already d

and suffocating. My heart pounded

g straight into the wolf's den. But then his eyes caught mine, and I unde

ackwell had in mind, I knew it