Filthy Dark (Five Points' Mob Collection: Mafia Romance - Serena Akeroyd

\nDeclan\n \n \n\n \nAs a made man, obligations are my middle name.\n \n \n\n \nAs a Five Pointer? Those obligations are even more complicated.\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \nI fell for her when I belonged to another.\n \n \n\n \nAnother I didn't love.\n \n \n\n \nAnother I loathed.\n \n \n\n \nWho trapped me in a vise, and blackmailed me into being hers.\n \n \n\n \n \n\n \nI was born a filthy fecker, dragged kicking and screaming into a cold, hard world. My son isn't like me. He isn't filthy.\n \n \n\n \nI don't want to pollute him, but I will.\n \n \n\n \nBecause I'm a b*stard.\n \n \n\n \nBorn filthy.\n \n \n\n \nI don't want that for Seamus.\n \n \n\n \nI want to step up. Be the father he deserves. And Aela? I want her just as much as I want to be a part of his life.\n \n \n\n \nOf course, she's nothing like I imagined. When I first wanted to wife her, she was young. Pliable. Now? She won't take what I want to give her.\n \n \n\n \nShe wants it all.\n \n \n\n \nEvery part of me.\n \n \n\n \nBut my heart died a long time ago. If anyone can resuscitate it, it's her, but first, I need to become a better man.\n \n \n\n \nAnd that might be the one thing I can't do.\n