Total pages in book: 112
Estimated words: 112567 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 563(@200wpm)___ 450(@250wpm)___ 375(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 112567 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 563(@200wpm)___ 450(@250wpm)___ 375(@300wpm)
Movement came to my side.
I wasn’t sure who was coming. All I knew was that if I lowered my hands, the Dragon Head would fall and so would I. Pain quaked through my body.
Then, suddenly my legs gave out. I lost balance. My head went dizzy and huge arms caught me before I fell to the floor.
The person carried me.
Who. . .is this?
So out of it, I couldn’t even open my eyes.
“Lei!” The audience cheered and clapped. “Lei!”
I mumbled to whoever was helping me, “T-thank you.”
The person spoke, “I’m proud of you, son.”
Father!
He kissed my forehead. “I’m so proud.”
A silly grin spread across my bruised and beaten face.
“Rest, Lei.”
And then I sank into cold darkness, warmed only by my father’s love.
Chapter one
Sex on the Beach
Lei
Present Day
Chanel and I were far from the Diamond Syndicate—several miles outside of Paradise City.
Hidden away.
I ruled the East.
She ruled the West.
But today, we focused on each other.
We played on the beach.
And the water was diamonds glittering on foamy crystal blue waves. Powder white sand shimmered under our feet, while a pale blue, cloudless sky hovered above.
And the heat didn’t just come from the sun, it came from the passion building between us. The love.
Chanel was my heart.
After all these years of silently obsessing over her, I finally have her to myself.
I gazed at the love of my life—the only person I could ever give my heart to.
Sun sparkled on her brown skin. Salty air whipped through her long black hair. Her red bikini top strapped around her small breasts and the matching red G-string barely covered the lush cushion of her pussy.
“Come on, L.” Chuckling, she ran to the water. Her ass jiggled. “You can’t catch me!”
“You want to bet?” I dropped my katana onto the sand and raced after her.
“I’ll outrun you this time.”
I smirked. “Never.”
Chanel could do a lot of things. She could shoot her way out of a room crowded with enemies. She could kill a person with any object. Once, I saw her grab a hardcover book from our enemy’s shelf and mercilessly slam the corner into their temple, fracturing the skull and lacerating a major artery.
That was the day I knew I would marry her.
Chanel could do it all, but she could never outrun me.
Fast, I raced after her.
She glanced over her shoulder and shrieked. She tried to speed up, but I had her in my arms within seconds.
“Damn it, L!” She molded her body to me. “One day, I’ll outrun you.”
“You can never escape.” I captured her mouth. Kissing Chanel was everything. Her lips were soft and smooth. Her tongue was the sweetest lustful pleasure.
I held her in my arms for the first time in my life.
It was so odd to do so. To finally get to touch her the way I’d yearned forever.
I fell in love with Chanel the first time I spotted her. I was only seven years old. She had these little braids with red beads at the end. I used to love to hear them clang against each other as we played.
I followed her around as much as possible after that and never stopped.
Anytime I tried to confess my feelings, she stopped me. I knew why. It was due to our families, our Syndicate obligations, and even the old traditions of Paradise.
The East would never accept an interracial union.
And the West didn’t trust Asians.
In the past, white supremacy created a heavy divide between Paradise’s Asian and Black communities. Chanel’s and my parents did their best to shatter the divide. They helped to start the Syndicate. All sides of the city were expected to work together in harmony.
The East and West made money together. We fought for each other. We killed together. But there were limits.
We were never to love each other. Never to get married or have children together. In the East, an interracial union weakened the blood. In the West, my words and my people would never be trusted.
Plus, a union between the East and West would make the North and South antsy.
But I never cared about Syndicate politics. I was willing to fight everyone for our love, forsake them all just to have Chanel by my side.
Meanwhile, she was too scared to disobey, and I understood that, too—the constant flame of loyalty.
Then, her family gave her brother, Romeo the throne and arranged Chanel’s marriage to the leader of the coffin cheaters, Pedro. It was all to make the West as strong as possible.
Then, Romeo was murdered.
And I secretly seized the opportunity and killed her husband.
“Hey, L!” Chanel splashed water at me. “Where is your head today?”
“On the past weeks.”
“Fuck the past, L.” She chuckled and splashed me some more. “Let’s focus on the now before it’s over.”
“You’re right.”
Chanel smiled at me. “Do you think we tricked them all? Do you think they really think I’m dead?”