The Devil's Heir

let her

r white prison-release envelope was still clutched tightly in her trembling hand. A horn blasted, a car nearly hit her, she stumbl

here sh

forced herself forward again. Her chest ached, but she didn't stop. She couldn't stop, not after everything she had survived. Not after losing two years of her life for a man who never came back for her-Ryan, even thinking

If you love me, h

Weeks turned into months, months turned into years. And Ryan? He disappeared, not a single visit, not one letter, nothing. Elena pushed through a narrow alley, gasp

her." Her he

ing from his dark coat. He was tall, broad, and e

ed away im

dn't answered, that frightened her

l sil

the car opened slowly. A man stepped out, Elena froze. Black suit, black gloves, cold grey eyes, he looked calm in a way that made him terrifying. Rain poured heavily around him, but he moved without hurry,

," he said softly. His voi

Elena frow

r," he continued. "You expected h

something from inside his coat and handed it to her, a wedding invitation. Elena's fingers shook as she

"No..." she whispered. Ryan w

tly as the invitation slipped

d you well

ights, the humiliation, the loneliness, the hope she stupidly held onto,

on't care,

stepped

"Because the people celebrating tonight are

him slowly. "What d

smile touched his lips, da

is Atlas Blac

e. Atlas Black-the devil's heir. The most feared man in the city, rumors followed him everywhere. Violence, po

give you revenge, Elena." Rain dripped from

return," he said quie

loudly in her ears, every instinct told her to run but anothe

you even kn

oment, then he said the one thin

'm the reason you went to