Mafia Kings: Ronan

PrologueEverleigh - 3 Years AgoIt was hot.So hot I almost couldn't breathe.I have no idea what day it is, where I am or who took me. All I do know is this room they have me squeezed in is stifling and disgusting. There’s no telling how many other poor girls have been locked in this room. It isn’t even big enough for a bed. Harry had it better living under a staircase than what I have in this box. At least he got to have a bed.I could see dried blood and other things that I don't even want to think about, on the walls and floor. I’m not entirely sure what happened to make our operation go sideways but all I can do is pray that they find me before my captors decide to kill me.I know Bryan is looking for me. He wouldn’t just let me go without a fight. We mean too much to each other. We don’t care that it is against department regulations, we still decided to have a physical relationship. I love him and he loves me.Hopefully I’m not too broken by the end of this ordeal. I don’t

EVERLEIGHWe were almost done carrying all of the floral arrangements into the building's cargo elevator. Gran took the first elevator full up and I was waiting for her to come back down so I could load the rest. The elevator was located at the back of the parking garage and was used by employees of the restaurants and businesses in the building.There were several workers coming up from behind me. They were all dressed in uniforms like a catering service. I smiled at the one closest to me and pulled out my phone to scroll my social media while we waited for the elevator to come back down. The engagement party was on the eighteenth floor so it would take time for it to come back down. I was so lost in my phone that I almost didn’t hear part of their conversation. It’s not my fault that I’m nosy by nature.“....minutes to get in and get out. Call Vinny and tell him to meet us out front. This elevator is taking too long.”I made sure to keep staring at my phone. It’s a good thing

EVERLEIGHThe ride to the hospital was uncomfortable to say the least. I was ushered back down to the private section of the parking garage and into a black SUV with dark tinted windows. The one he called Connor was in the front driving while I was stuck in the backseat with the devil of the city.How could someone so evil be so devastatingly handsome. And big.Jesus, was this man huge. He has to be at least six and a half feet tall.He sat staring at me with his head cooked to the side like he was memorizing every detail. Taking up most of the space in the back, making it hard to breathe.It wasn't hot per say, but his intense gaze was giving the butterflies in my stomach butterflies of their own."So Everleigh, how long have you been working with your grandmother?" He asked me. Is he serious right now? Like he hasn’t investigated all of the vendors that have anything to do with this engagement party.“Listen, cut the bullshit, I’m only allowing you to drop me off at the hospital.

EVERLEIGHRonan left me in the bathroom at my insistence to go order our food. I told him I was more than happy to cook, but he said not to over exert myself so soon after an accident. The tub was filling up, and I was on my hands and knees looking under the sink cabinet for the bag of bubble salts. Somehow, it had gotten shoved all the way to the back, and it was going to be a stretch getting it. Whoever built this bathroom decided on extra deep cabinets, and my short arms sometimes struggled to reach the back.My fingertips brushed the top of the bag right at the same time my back decided it had had enough and locked up. It’s not the first time it has happened, and it probably won’t be the last either. But it usually requires some form of assistance, and I’m not sure I want to ask for his help just yet. While I am dressed in my silk robe, I am completely naked underneath. If I were to ask for his help now he would no doubt get a perfect look at all of what it is I have to offer a

RONAN"Oh. My. God. What is that smell?"It took me a solid forty-five minutes to convince Everleigh to lay down on her bed so I could give her a body massage and rub this pain relief shit on her."Just relax, it smells like death, but I promise when you wake up in the morning you won't even know you got tossed around like a rag doll."She groaned and grumbled about the smell for a few more minutes before she finally relaxed. It's a good thing I opened the windows and balcony door, this shit could peel the paint off of walls if a room wasn't well ventilated.She was wearing an oversized t-shirt and a pair of well worn boxer briefs. At least that's what they looked like to me. I may be well versed in female anatomy but female fashion is a whole nother ball game.I start at her shoulders, gently massaging the mixture into her skin. She keeps her face buried in a pillow to try to hide the foul odor. If I could, I would do the same. Lucky for me though, I’ve used this stuff enough that