Page 28 of Maddening Fixation

While the rest of the world wrote me off as a murderer, Yarina never did.

When everyone else believed my life was over, she held on to the impossible hope that one day I would walk free.

Ten years.

Ten years of unwavering loyalty.

Ten years of loving a man the world had already forgotten.

Every plan I had made since leaving prison had included her.

It was my turn to give her the life she had waited so patiently for.

And now...

The Flynn family had invited her into Flynn Manor.

Into the very house where Sarah had been murdered.

Into the nest of vipers that had poisoned every part of my life.

The thought of them speaking to her...

Looking at her...

Breathing the same air as her...

A cold, murderous fury settled over me.

It wasn’t the blind rage that had consumed me as a boy.

It was something far more dangerous.

The temperature inside the Bentley seemed to plummet.

I leaned forward slowly, resting my forearms on my knees as I fixed my eyes on Keegan’s reflection in the rear-view mirror.

When I finally spoke, my voice was scarcely louder than a whisper.

“Those Flynn bastards...”

Every syllable dripped with quiet menace.

“...have no right to drag Yarina into their filthy little circle.”

Neither Keegan nor Bodgan spoke.

They had heard that tone before.

It was the voice I used when a man’s fate had already been decided.

I held Keegan’s gaze for another moment before giving my next order.

“Drive faster.”

“Yes, Boss.”

Without another word, Keegan pressed the accelerator to the floor.