Queen of Ashes: Dark Mafia Romance

I died in his arms.

Or maybe I just wanted to.

A bullet meant for Lucien tore through me instead — and I let it.

Because no matter how twisted our history is, I still loved him. Enough to bleed. Enough to break.

Now I’m awake, stitched back together and haunted by scars that won’t fade.

Everyone wants to pretend things are fine. That we survived. That we’re healed.

But I know better.

Love doesn’t fix everything.

Sometimes it just teaches you how to destroy each other more beautifully.

Lucien

She almost died.

Because of me.

Because I let my rage speak louder than her truth. Because I was stupid enough to believe I could ever live without her.

Now Scarlett's back — bruised, stitched, and somehow still mine.

But I see it in her eyes. She's holding back. Hiding something.

And the man who helped her escape — the one who put her in that cage to begin with — is still breathing.

I don’t know if I can forgive myself.

But I do know one thing:

If anyone tries to take her from me again...

They won’t survive it.

This is the third  book of the Empire of Thorns Series. Reading order: Queen of Hearts, Queen of Spades, Queen of Ashes.