ly
rand altar was lined with towering marb
h the fine fabric of his suit, I could fee
doors, a woman stepped out fr
s Van
as entirely too revealing for a
sly ambitious associate connected to
r me before dismis
o Jasper's face with a
at he was beneath t
stare, a triumphant smirk
purred, emphasizing the name Juli
ed a powerful maf
ysical blow, and for a moment, my stomach
e, fully convinced I had chosen th
e always claimed Vanessa was just an uns
tmare had shown me their sick wa
Jasper's identity to run the European car
ided to let them dig their own grave
old, radiant
Vanessa," I
t exactly what
red for a fract
I pulled Jasper toward the grand do
and a somber, liturgical strain of orc
ds of hardened Capos and Soldiers, a sea
he altar displayed the intertwi
name were written i
eeling the weight of a tho
oward the
a were sitting sh
ecting the sacred ceremony
the velvet-lined
began the ancient,
y shielding me from the predatory crowd. His heartbeat beneath my palm was sl
pews, and a sickening flash fr
lobe, whispering that
churned w
t mine from the pews, a prima
as if suddenly remembering he was
his jaw, trying to m
and, her eyes darkening with
is voice echoing as he commanded the groo
room, so profound one co
st to skip the kiss today-he had been disgusted by
uilt on Jasper acting as a
ed out from the pews. It was Vanessa, on her feet,
seal the deal!" Vanessa taunted, her
to holler and instigate, pounding their fists on th
yanked Vanessa ba
but his authority was slipping fa
hroat as he swallowed, a difficult motion that forced a h
to pull away-waiting f
I defied
y lips against his. The room erupted, but all I could hear was the single,
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