Ruined By The Rook

RUINED BY THE ROOK MURDOCH MAFIA SERIES BOOK 6 SAMANTHA BARRETT Copyright © 2022 by Samantha Barrett All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental. All Rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Cover by Leah Maree at Designs by LM. CONTENTS Authors Note Prologue 1. Rook 2. Clare 3. Rook 4. Clare 5. Rook 6. Clare 7. Rook 8. Clare 9. Rook 10. Clare 11. Rook 12. Clare 13. Rook 14. Clare 15. Rook 16. Clare 17. Rook 18. Clare 19. Rook 20. Clare 21. Rook 22. Clare 23. Rook 24. Clare 25. Rook Epilogue Thank you! Also by Samantha Barrett Acknowledgments About the Author For Clare, Thank you for loving each of these guys, pushing me to write more daily, and blowing smoke up my ass daily. You are the best boost to my ego, I am so glad we met and bonded over our love of Twilight. This book is for you, you believed in Rook making a comeback even when I didn’t, so here he is. AUTHORS NOTE This book may make some uncomfortable with the content. I have always sworn if I ever wrote a mafia book, I would go dark, in order to stay true to my character’s that is what I have done. Some scenes and descriptions may make you uneasy, make you feel squeamish but rest assured there is an HEA. For those who have read my PNR and thought they were dark, well this is worse, so much worse but in the best way possible. Welcome to the Murdoch Mafia and all their fucked up shit. Rook This should have been a story about the youngest sibling being rescued and returned to his family, grateful, happy, and overcome with gratitude to be safe and home again. What a crock of shit that is. That isn’t how my story goes, I’m not grateful and I sure as fuck am not thankful. I lived in fucking fear for eight months! Eight fucking months, while my family lived happily, fucked, pro created and carried on like I didn’t exist. They expect me to bow to them because they found me, they can all fuck off. Nah, this isn’t some story with a happy fucking ending. This is the story of how they all came to be Ruined By The Rook, especially her. Rook Months have passed and still I sit here silently in my room like every other day. Bishop and the others have forced me to meet with the therapist that Ally and Knight meet with weekly, even Anya speaks with Opal. But not me. I sit there for an hour twice a week and say nothing. Opal never comments, just says, ‘I’ll listen whenever you are ready.’. It pisses me off that she never looks bored, never fidgets or looks around the room aimlessly, she just sits there with a smile and fucking waits! Like right now, she just sits with her pad and pen and smiles encouragingly at me. I don’t want to fucking talk. I relive everything that happened each night. I don’t sleep. If I do, it’s power naps and reading. I never thought I would ever willingly pick up a book and want to read but now, it’s all I do. Fiction, non-fiction, it doesn’t matter to me as long as I get lost in the story and stay out of my own head. “I want to try something different today.” I dart my gaze over her head to peek at the clock and fight the urge to roll my eyes. It’s only been ten minutes since I came in here. “I know that Bishop and Kiara got married, so did your sister and Vincent. Carlina and Kiara are both pregnant. Allison and King are being wed this weekend. Your twin has had children of his own, and is engaged. Gage is also engaged. How do you feel about all these big changes in your life?” I try to sift through my thoughts and actually think about her question. Truth is, I don’t know how I feel about any of that. All I feel is anger and bitterness. I know Koby can’t stomach the sight of me because she feels guilty. Knight blames himself for me being taken. The thing is, everyone feels some type of way about what happened to me and I hate it! None of them were there, they think saying sorry and telling me they are there for me is going to erase what happened, it won’t! Yes, I was spoiled by Bishop growing up and am the baby of the family but now, I don’t even recognize the person I used to be. “That’s because you are different now.” I cut my gaze to Opal and frown, she smiles encouragingly as she continues. “You spoke aloud just then.” I grit my teeth in frustration. “Look, Bishop came to me and asked if I had any suggestions that would help you with your healing journey. I suggested you having your own place might be a good start.” Now she has my full attention, if she manages to convince my big bro to let me move out, she is fucking better at her job than I thought. “He agreed.” “What?” The word spews from my mouth before I can stop it. Opal startles but regains her composure quickly. “Bishop has