Wicked Intentions

WICKED INTENTIONS A DARK MAFIA ROMANCE SHANDI BOYES COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2023 by Shandi Boyes 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. Editing: Swish Design & Editing Cover: SSB Covers & Design Photography: Cadwallader Photography Model: Storm CONTENTS Want to stay in touch? Also by Shandi Boyes 1. Katie 2. Katie 3. Ghost 4. Katie 5. Katie 6. Katie 7. Ghost 8. Katie 9. Katie 10. Katie 11. Katie 12. Katie 13. Ghost 14. Katie 15. Ghost 16. Katie 17. Katie 18. Katie 19. Katie 20. Ghost 21. Katie 22. Ghost 23. Katie 24. Ghost 25. Ghost 26. Katie 27. Ghost 28. Katie 29. Ghost 30. Katie 31. Ghost 32. Katie 33. Ghost 34. Katie 35. Katie 36. Ghost 37. Katie 38. Ghost 39. Katie 40. Ghost 41. Katie 42. Katie 43. Katie 44. Katie 45. Ghost 46. Katie 47. Katie 48. Katie 49. 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Facebook: facebook.com/authorshandi Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorshandiboyes Instagram: instagram.com/authorshandi Email: [email protected] Reader’s Group: bit.ly/ShandiBookBabes Website: authorshandi.com Newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/AuthorShandi ALSO BY SHANDI BOYES Perception Series Saving Noah (Noah & Emily) Fighting Jacob (Jacob & Lola) Taming Nick (Nick & Jenni) Redeeming Slater (Slater and Kylie) Saving Emily (Noah & Emily - Novella) Wrapped Up with Rise Up (Perception Novella - should be read after the Bound Series) Enigma Enigma (Isaac & Isabelle #1) Unraveling an Enigma (Isaac & Isabelle #2) Enigma The Mystery Unmasked (Isaac & Isabelle #3) Enigma: The Final Chapter (Isaac & Isabelle #4) Beneath The Secrets (Hugo & Ava #1) Beneath The Sheets(Hugo & Ava #2) Spy Thy Neighbor (Hunter & Paige) The Opposite Effect (Brax & Clara) I Married a Mob Boss(Rico & Blaire) Second Shot(Hawke & Gemma) The Way We Are(Ryan & Savannah #1) The Way We Were(Ryan & Savannah #2) Sugar and Spice (Cormack & Harlow) Lady In Waiting (Regan & Alex #1) Man in Queue (Regan & Alex #2) Couple on Hold(Regan & Alex #3) Enigma: The Wedding (Isaac and Isabelle) Silent Vigilante (Brandon and Melody #1) Hushed Guardian (Brandon & Melody #2) Quiet Protector (Brandon & Melody #3) Enigma: An Isaac Retelling Twisted Lies (Jae & CJ) Bound Series Chains (Marcus & Cleo #1) Links(Marcus & Cleo #2) Bound(Marcus & Cleo #3) Restrain(Marcus & Cleo #4) The Misfits Russian Mob Chronicles Nikolai: A Mafia Prince Romance (Nikolai & Justine #1) Nikolai: Taking Back What’s Mine (Nikolai & Justine #2) Nikolai: What’s Left of Me(Nikolai & Justine #3) Nikolai: Mine to Protect(Nikolai & Justine #4) Asher: My Russian Revenge (Asher & Zariah) Nikolai: Through the Devil's Eyes(Nikolai & Justine #5) Trey (Trey & K) The Italian Cartel Dimitri Roxanne Reign Mafia Ties (Novella) Maddox Demi Rocco Clover Smith RomCom Standalones Just Playin’ (Elvis & Willow) Ain't Happenin' (Lorenzo & Skylar) The Drop Zone (Colby & Jamie) Very Unlikely (Brand New Couple) Short Stories - Newsletter Downloads Christmas Trio (Wesley, Andrew & Mallory -- short story) Falling For A Stranger (Short Story) One Night Only Series Hotshot Boss Hotshot Neighbor The Bobrov Bratva Series Wicked Intentions (Katie & Ghost) Sinful Intentions (coming soon) KATIE Fourteen years old… An annoying ‘woo, woo, woo’ drags me from my unconscious state. I’m groggy, my head is pounding, and my mouth feels like it is stuffed with cotton wool. I can’t remember the last time I was this thirsty. I drank at some point today, I’m sure of it, but you wouldn’t know that with how dry and scratchy my throat feels. My eyes are also burning, but there’s no chance to lubricate them since they’re covered so firmly with a rough, itchy material that blinking seems impossible. “He-hello,” I call out, my voice as weak and pitiful as I feel. I’ve had the same group of friends forever, so my life experiences are limited, but even with me attending an all-girls school, there’s no missing the scent surrounding me. Their deep, husky breaths are telling enough, not to mention the grubby, mannish aroma in the air. They smell like my older cousins when they leave the track after an event—stinky and sweaty. “Wh-where are you taking me?” I cower when my question is answered by a painful backhand to the head. With how much my skull rings in the aftermath of their assault, I can’t say I wasn’t struck with a fist. The throb of bulging knuckles against my temples announces I was hit with the back part of their hand. I’m just unsure if they had their hand closed or open. “Замолчи,” snarls a deep, heavily accented voice. When I bob my head again, ducking out of the firing zone before I’m hit for the second time, the sleeve of my shirt drags up the material hindering my vision. It isn’t enough to announce to the men surrounding me that my blindfold is slipping, but enough to disclose that I’m lying on the floor of what appears to be a van of some type. The metal floor is scuffed free of paint, dotted with blood and housing over a dozen pairs of boots. Oh God. My stomach gurgles when my eyes land on my bound feet. The fact I’m tied like an animal isn’t the shocking part. It is recalling why I’m wearing the hip-hop sneakers my mother gifted me for my birthday. I’m not meant to wear them out so they won’t get wrecked before my dance concert at the end of the year, but I snuck them out today so I wouldn’t look like a dork who attends a girls’ school while walking to the local store with Blaire, my best friend. Oh my God, Blaire! I sit up so fast, there’s no chance the return of my vision