Sapphire Tears

SAPPHIRE TEARS UVAROV BRATVA BOOK 2 NICOLE FOX Copyright © 2023 by Nicole Fox 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. Created with Vellum CONTENTS Mailing List Also by Nicole Fox Sapphire Tears 1. June 2. Kolya 3. June 4. Kolya 5. June 6. June 7. June 8. June 9. Kolya 10. Kolya 11. Kolya 12. June 13. June 14. June 15. Kolya 16. Kolya 17. June 18. Kolya 19. Kolya 20. Kolya 21. June 22. June 23. June 24. Kolya 25. June 26. Kolya 27. Kolya 28. June 29. June 30. Kolya 31. Kolya 32. Kolya 33. Kolya 34. June 35. June 36. Kolya 37. June 38. Kolya 39. Kolya 40. June 41. June 42. Kolya 43. Kolya 44. Kolya 45. June 46. Kolya 47. June 48. June 49. June 50. Kolya 51. June 52. June 53. Kolya 54. Kolya 55. Kolya Epilogue: June Extended Epilogue: Kolya MAILING LIST Sign up to my mailing list! New subscribers receive a FREE steamy bad boy romance novel. Click the link below to join. https://sendfox.com/nicolefox ALSO BY NICOLE FOX Vlasov Bratva Arrogant Monster Arrogant Mistake Zhukova Bratva Tarnished Tyrant Tarnished Queen Stepanov Bratva Satin Sinner Satin Princess Makarova Bratva Shattered Altar Shattered Cradle Solovev Bratva Ravaged Crown Ravaged Throne Vorobev Bratva Velvet Devil Velvet Angel Romanoff Bratva Immaculate Deception Immaculate Corruption Kovalyov Bratva Gilded Cage Gilded Tears Jaded Soul Jaded Devil Ripped Veil Ripped Lace Mazzeo Mafia Duet Liar’s Lullaby (Book 1) Sinner’s Lullaby (Book 2) Bratva Crime Syndicate *Can be read in any order! Lies He Told Me Scars He Gave Me Sins He Taught Me Belluci Mafia Trilogy Corrupted Angel (Book 1) Corrupted Queen (Book 2) Corrupted Empire (Book 3) De Maggio Mafia Duet Devil in a Suit (Book 1) Devil at the Altar (Book 2) Kornilov Bratva Duet Married to the Don (Book 1) Til Death Do Us Part (Book 2) Heirs to the Bratva Empire *Can be read in any order! Kostya Maksim Andrei Princes of Ravenlake Academy (Bully Romance) *Can be read as standalones! Cruel Prep Cruel Academy Cruel Elite Tsezar Bratva Nightfall (Book 1) Daybreak (Book 2) Russian Crime Brotherhood *Can be read in any order! Owned by the Mob Boss Unprotected with the Mob Boss Knocked Up by the Mob Boss Sold to the Mob Boss Stolen by the Mob Boss Trapped with the Mob Boss Volkov Bratva Broken Vows (Book 1) Broken Hope (Book 2) Broken Sins (standalone) Other Standalones Vin: A Mafia Romance Box Sets Bratva Mob Bosses (Russian Crime Brotherhood Books 1-6) Tsezar Bratva (Tsezar Bratva Duet Books 1-2) Heirs to the Bratva Empire The Mafia Dons Collection The Don’s Corruption SAPPHIRE TEARS I’m caught between two dangerous men. My ex wants me back. My husband wants me dead. But the only life that matters to me is the baby in my belly. I tried running once, and that didn’t work. So it’s time for me to try something else: fighting. I’ll fight for myself, for my sanity, for my child. I’ll fight for hope. I’ll fight for love. Most of all, I’ll fight with the belief that Kolya Uvarov is the man I believe he’s capable of becoming. The man who loves me. Unless he kills me first. SAPPHIRE TEARS is the second and final book in the Uvarov Bratva duet. June and Kolya’s story begins in Book One, SAPPHIRE SCARS. 1 JUNE The insignia on Adrian’s ring winks at me like it’s alive. He smells different than I remember. Laundry detergent, mildew, stale sweat. He’s dressed differently, too. His clothes are old and baggy, as if he wants to disappear into them. The only thing that remotely resembles the man I used to know is his smile. Somehow, that just makes it all worse. “I’m sorry about the gun,” he says. He sounds like he actually means it. “The mask, too. But I wasn’t sure if Kolya’s men would be following you and I didn’t want to take a chance.” A chance at what, exactly? I’m on the verge of asking before I stop myself. Am I talking to a ghost? A figment of my imagination? A reincarnation? Or just another lie? “Stop the car.” “I’m sorry, babe, but no can do. We need to get off the road now.” I look out the windshield. The world has never looked more desolate than it does right now. It’s desaturated, as if someone drained the life and color out of it. I must be dreaming, I decide. That’s the only way for any of this to make sense. I rattle the passenger door handle, knowing even before I do that it’s locked. When that doesn’t do anything, I smack my fist on the window. The glass wobbles but doesn’t break. “Let me OUT!” “June, babe, calm down. You don’t have to freak out anymore. I’m here now. I’ve got you.” I turn wildly to him. “How are you here? You died. I was at the damn funeral!” He sighs miserably and nods. “I know. And I’m sorry for that most of all. I will explain everything to you. Just let me get off this road.” He tries to touch me, but I jerk away from him. He flinches and his brow wrinkles, but then he puts his hand back on the steering wheel and doesn’t try to touch me again. We drive silently for a while. I look around the car like there might be answers hidden somewhere in here. But I find nothing. It’s a beaten old sedan, completely unremarkable. Scuffed cloth seats, a backseat brimming with fast food wrappers, half-empty plastic bottles of whiskey. Nothing that looks capable of raising a man from the dead. Adrian senses my growing frustration and dread. He was always good at that when he put his