Series: An Underworld Kings Series Novel
Publication date: November 1st, 2021
Synopsis:
The mafia prince wants her,
But she only wants his brother.
Some boys are popular.
Some boys are heartthrobs.
But Luca and Liam De Vos?
They have what no other boys in my school have...
Power.
They're heirs to one of the biggest mafia empires in the Netherlands.
And now our parents are doing business together.
They're dangerous boys that get everything they need with one snap of the finger.
But boys like them always want what they can't have.
The younger brother, Luca, can't stop teasing me.
And it makes me hate him.
So I fight back by going after his brother instead.
But when boys like Luca don't get their way...
They will find one.
We're like fire and gasoline.
All he had to do... was light the match.
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Excerpt
The cigarette in my mouth can't burn enough to light a spark inside me. I feel cold. Hard like the stone fence I'm sitting on, gazing at the students passing by as they enter the school.
Until finally, a car parks in front of the gates. And not just any car. The armored black limo with darkened windows is over the top, just like the family who owns it.
I snort and shake my head, stubbing out the bud of my cigarette on the fence. But when I look up again, the sight of the girl stepping out of the car, clutching her bag while brushing aside a few strands of her long luscious locks in the wind, warms that dead heart inside my body.
It's amazing how she stands tall and proud, facing the crowd in front of her despite knowing exactly how they feel about people like us, people involved in the criminal world.
I knew the second I stepped onto the grounds of this expensive school, people would hate my guts. I didn't make any apologies and didn't care in the slightest how they would react. I'm used to it. I know where I belong in society, and it's at the bottom. I'm one of those rich assholes whose parents control an empire with vast influence across the country. It isn't ruled by the political parties... it's ruled by us.
And that creates envy.
Hatred.
The kind that makes you want to lash out. But I've turned it into a badge I wear with pride.
If only she'd see it that way.
That girl with the pretty blonde hair, wearing those high heels and red lips like she doesn't care or fear anything.
That girl with her fake innocence and fake confidence... That girl is a fucking liar.
I try to look away, but every single time I look at other girls, she still captures my attention, like a moth finding the flame, and it makes me sick to my stomach.
She's everything I shouldn't ever want, everything I couldn't ever have.
She's... everything.
Everything bad.
Wrong.
Dirty.
Enticing.
Like a piece of candy waiting to be unwrapped.
And I fucking hate that part about myself.
That part that wants.
Needs.
Craves.
That girl isn't and won't ever be mine.
Jill.
About the Author:
Clarissa Wild is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of Dark Romance and Contemporary Romance novels. She is an avid reader and writer of swoony stories about dangerous men and feisty women. Her other loves include her hilarious husband, her two crazy but cute dogs, and her ninja cat that sometimes thinks he's a dog too. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, playing video games, reading tons of books, and cooking her favorite meals.
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