QueenFrieza

Excerpt: 
His lips left her neck only long enough to say, “If the invisible scars he left don't disappear now, I'll keep trying again and again until they do. Soon your body will know only me.” 

Her eyes were still swollen from her previous tears, but they began to water again for a far different reason than before. She tried to pull away and hide her face from him. 

“Promise me,” she uttered. “Promise me I'll never be in the same room as him ever again.” 

His fist clenched and he had to control his anger. 

Quieter than before he whispered, “I promise.”

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Synopsis: 
A tumultuous childhood made Sophia fight that much harder for peace in her adulthood. Yet it would take only one meeting to shatter the average life she led as a successful bakery owner in the center of New Vista. 

She found him on a pile of garbage in an alley, bleeding from a head wound. After taking him to the hospital, he woke up not knowing who he was. The hospital referred to him as “John Doe”.

While navigating her fresh breakup, the mystery man became her source of distraction and comfort. He has a far more tender and doting side than she ever expected. Is he only like this with her?

The longer he stayed by her side, the more change she noticed within herself. There’s an undeniable pull between the two of them. Call it instincts or attraction, it felt like something she couldn’t ignore. The more time they spend together, the stronger the pull becomes. 

When she finds out who he is, any shred of safety she had before seems to disappear as a target is put on her head.

Mafia. Pheromones. Mate. 

Terms unfamiliar to her become the forefront of her problems. How are they supposed to explore their feelings when the world is intent on tearing them apart? 

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How I Became The Alpha Mafia Boss' Target

When they had nothing else, at least Ethan and Rachel had exercise to keep their mind off of things.

They were friends again but something else was happening between them. It felt like the only way to break the tension was to work out. At least they were similar in that way.

Sophia had decided to stay behind so the two of them decided to kick it up a notch and go on a run around the perimeter of the property. Before they left, they asked Gus if it was alright and he told them as long as they didn't mind the guards, there shouldn't be an issue.

There were even more guards around than the ones they could see. Vince Morelli was a paranoid man and made sure his home was well-protected.

With the sun high in the sky and heating them, the pair started a run first down the road to the gatehouse they first went through when they arrived over a week before. Then they started running within the perimeter fence that surrounded the property.

Race