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"'I don't care, Sarah. I despise you. I despise the whole of you." Xavier's growl sent shivers down her spine. His piercing blue eyes locked onto hers, seeing right through her. 

Tears welled up as he sneered, "I'm Xavier Adrian. Your feelings mean nothing." Sarah's heart shattered as his words pierced through her innocent heart. 

"Then who am I to you?" she trembled. Xavier's whisper sent  fear coursing through her veins and he slowly let out his usual sinful smirk

"I'm the Devil and you're my prey."


"When darkness reigns, survival is luxury."


Sarah Parker, a 19-year-old aspiring journalist, once dreamed of uncovering truth and making a name for herself. But when tragedy struck, her world shattered, leaving her with emotional scars. Now, she's forced into the dark world of the Sin-Nation Empire, where Xavier Adrian reigns.

Xavier Adrian, the CEO of Nexus Tech by day and the leader of Sin-Nation-Empire at night, hides a tortured soul behind his piercing blue eyes. The son of Andrew Adrian, his blood comes with power and violence, and Xavier knows that the shades of a father’s sins are something one cannot run away from.

When the two broken souls meet, Sarah is confronted with a side of her own darkness as twisted as nightmare and Xavier faces a bigger nightmare .

In a world where loyalty is luxury and survival is a constant battle, can Sarah and Xavier find a way to overcome their demons, or will they become each other's destruction?

The Devil's Prey: He Wants Me

CHAPTER FIFTY NINE

Xavier's eyelids fluttered open, the dim glow of the room making him squint slightly. His body ached, the lingering effects of the fire still clinging to him, but none of that mattered.

Because the first thing he saw was her.

Sarah. For now, she's one of the best things that has ever happened to him. He has never seen someone who wasn't related to him care so much to die for him. He just couldn't stop staring at her

She was lying beside him, her face inches from his, her breathing soft and steady. Strands of her hair fell over her face, her lips slightly parted. She looked peaceful—too peaceful for someone who had just run into a burning building like a damn lunatic.

Xavier let out a slow exhale, his gaze locking onto her lips.

Why the hell was he thinking about her lips right now?

A line between us