Page 196 of Savage Hearts

“What?”

“Were you really going to kill me?”

Never. Never, malyutka. I’ve been yours since the very beginning.

I don’t say that. I simply wait until her breathing deepens and she’s asleep, then I pace the floors until dawn breaks, understanding that this fight inside me is one I can’t win.

I can’t keep her here. No matter how much I want it, she can’t be mine.

The only problem is that I know myself well…

Andcan’ts have never stopped Malek Antonov from getting what he wants.