Lawless Princes

LAWLESS PRINCES A DARK, WHY CHOOSE ROMANCE BLACK HOLLOW ISLE BOOK ONE DANI RENÉ CONTENTS Newsletter Sign Up Prologue A Twisted Contract The Welcome The Truth Hurts A Dark Vow Dangerous Steps Discovering Desire Hidden Threat Twisted Promises A Princess’s Heart Fighting Back Possessive Princes The Way You Hate Drive You Insane Blood on My Hands Suffocate Me Up in Flames Love is a Weapon Never Surrender Unrivalled Desire In the Dark Killing a Prince Ruthless Kings - Sneak Peek Sneak Peek - Vengeance of the Fallen Preface Also by Dani René About the Author Copyright © 2022 by Dani René Edited & Proofread by Sheena Taylor Cover Design & Formatting by Raven Designs All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU PIRATE! Support an author by buying a book. NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Before you dive into the world of Black Hollow, sign up for my newsletter so you don’t miss out on sales, new releases, recommendations, and much more! “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL To the readers who prefer more than one alpha male… I bring you three! And to my super amazing VIP supporters on Patreon - Daisie, Tai, Elisha, and Stacie! Thank you! A super special thank you to Sheena for working on this story and helping me polish it to perfection! PLAYLIST Remember Me - Hinder Another Way Out - Hinder Holding Out for a Hero - Nothing but Thieves Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven You and Me - Yelawolf Hate You - Jim Yosef, RIELL Paint it Black - Hidden Citizens, Rånya The Devil You Know - Blues Saraceno In the Dark - Solence Sinners and Saints - Andrea Wasse Devil Inside - CRMNL Hurt You - Living in Fiction For the full playlist on Spotify, click here Please note this is book one of two within this world. It ends in a cliffhanger, with a sneak peek into book two at the end! There are some scenes that could be triggering, so please proceed with caution. PLEASE NOTE: This is a why choose romance, and it includes MM scenes as well. PROLOGUE JUDAH Five Months Ago My world came crashing down the day I watched my father take his final breath. It’s a moment I never want to relive, but the vividness of the memory makes it far more difficult to forget. It replays at times without warning. I grew up in his shadow, but I also looked up to him. A hero with the hands of a devil. He taught me everything I know. With every step I take towards the dungeon under the Venier mansion, I feel more alive because I know what’s about to happen. Black Hollow has become my salvation. With my best friends, I rid the world of anyone who isn’t loyal, who doesn’t keep the secret code we hold so dear. Omertà. Silence, as they say, is golden, and our hands silence those who can’t keep their tongues from spilling secrets. “Why am I here?” the arsehole questions when I step into one of the interrogation rooms. My great-grandfather designed the dungeon. It comprises a long, underground corridor, stretching from the western edge of the house to the east, with interrogation rooms and holding cells spread out along both sides. Implements adorn the walls of the fifteen interrogation rooms, which can cause the greatest torment to their occupants. Each of the cold concrete rooms has been designed for a specific type of torture. Depending on the crime, the punishment fits perfectly, and what’s left of the tortured body is used as an example to those wanting to run their mouth off. I secured our current guest against the wall in metal cuffs that hang from the ceiling. The bindings at his ankles keep him in place with his legs spread wide. As he glares at me, I can see his face is already bloody, but I don’t feel there are enough wounds for what he’s done. There should be far more. His one eye is slowly swelling shut, and I can’t help but smile. “I think you know why you’re here, Angelo,” I tell him as Valen takes my left and Malachi stands to my right. “We need you to tell us about all those dirty little stories you’ve been spilling.” “I have said nothing to anyone,” he spits back, anger and rage dancing a seductive symphony in his tone. Lie number one. “You may think you know me, but you don’t.” “Oh,” I say with a shrug, “I know plenty.” “I understand the need for secrecy,” he tells me. “Please. The Lawless don’t have to do this,” he says…rather, he pleads. I love to hear people beg for mercy. Mostly because I never show any. The thing is, once you offer one person any kindness, it leaves a poor example to any others who might consider breaking the rules in the future. “Your little girlfriend has been taken care of by some friends of mine,” I tell him. “But then again, she wasn’t yours, was she?” He knows what I mean. His family hired her to infiltrate my home. Females are much better at hiding their true intentions by using their powers of seduction. That’s the reason