Lucian came to The Black Ledger with a plan. Then Scarlett met his gaze from the stage, defiant and unashamed, and the mission collapsed into something darker than strategy—something that looked a lot like possession.
And when she’d met my eyes—when she’d chosen defiance, chosen provocation—something inside me detonated.
Not romance. Not tenderness.
Claim.
Possession.
A dark, ruthless certainty that she was going to be mine to protect, mine to keep, mine to ruin the world for if I had to. And she had no idea.
~Lucian Byrne, Eyes of the Unholy
About this Lucian Byrne quote
This Lucian Byrne quote comes from Eyes of the Unholy by Evie James, the second book in the Sin Syndicate series. At The Black Ledger, Lucian’s controlled extraction plan shatters the moment Scarlett challenges him with defiance instead of shame. What began as leverage becomes possession, protection, and the first ruthless certainty that he will burn the world before letting her be used again. Their story blends enemies to lovers tension, forced proximity, vigilante justice, dangerous protection, touch-her-and-die devotion, and a morally gray Irish mafia antihero who falls first and hard.
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