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Captured Beasts (Moretti Academy Book 3), page 33
Rita snorted. “Cyrus thinks I am.”
“I-is Lucian a part of this?” I needed the confirmation.
“Hm, not exactly.” She said cryptically, not giving me a direct answer.
I was so fucking wrong about so much, but her statement sparked the hope that Lucian was never involved in this. Except the one person I wanted to protect above all others was and she stared at me as if we were strangers.
Like I was nothing.
I was simply a monster in her eyes.
The mad idea to run with Tanner and Beckett flashed in my mind. After all, Tanner was free to run now that Claudia was hidden away with Helen. They would go with me. I knew it.
But Enzo.
I refused to leave him.
“Where’s Enzo?” I clenched my hands. “Rita, where is he?”
“He’s fine . . . for now.”
“What does that mean?” I hissed. My body shook hard, and I shrugged off Beckett and Tanner’s touch. I buried my fingernails into my palm. Wetness leaked from my hand, but I dug deeper.
“He’ll suffer for your mistakes.”
The monster beneath my skin fought for release, pressing under my skin.
I cinched my eyes shut, fighting against the shift.
Rita dragged her hand through her hair, fanning out her dyed locks. The silky strands bounced over her shoulder.
“I need help taking my stuff out of my car.” She smiled at Beckett and licked her lips.
My mouth dried and Beckett’s hold on my arms stiffened. I met Rita’s eyes, and her expression told me she enjoyed the agony I couldn’t mask.
“Go,” I rasped, angling toward Beckett but unable to face him.
“No.”
“Go,” I yelled, shoving his grip off. His jaw worked.
My nose burned and the taste of pepper spread on my tongue. Tanner caught my fist before it smashed into Beckett’s nose and tugged me back a few steps as my body shook.
Rita huffed and backed up only to wait at the threshold.
The corners of Beckett’s eyes tightened, and his cheeks puffed out before approaching me. He buried his nose in my neck, and I shuddered.
His teeth sank into my ear lobe with a sharp tug. Then he was gone, leaving a second gaping hole in my chest. What would Rita do to him?
Tanner pulled me back into his arms. My body relentlessly shivered against him. There were no tears as helplessness ate away my soul.
One step forward but three back.
Would we ever be free?
Maya’s story continues in Ruined Beasts coming Fall 2023.
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Acknowledgments
A big ass thank you to the readers that reached out to ask about book three. I appreciate you more than you know.
Gina Cortez, you're awesome. Period. Another thank you to my editor Melissa, I’m blessed to call you a friend.
Thank you so much to the Moretti Team! You have all been so amazing and I appreciate you guys more than I can express.
As always, thank you to my family.
About the Author
Allie wishes she’d discovered books sooner than she did but has made up for the lost time by reading everything romance related that’s crossed her path. She obsessively reads books featuring sexy, possessive heroes and headstrong heroines. So, it’s no wonder characters just like that bustle to escape her imagination.
When she’s not working away at her keyboard, she can be found in bed with a good book or bingeing Netflix.
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