God of Pain by Rina Kent is a dark, enemies-to-lovers mafia romance in the Legacy of Gods series. It centers on Annika Volkov, a bubbly mafia princess, and Creighton King, a brooding, vengeful man focused on destroying her family. Their intense, high-stakes relationship is built on obsession, trauma, and a forced, dangerous attraction.
GOD OF PAIN
LEGACY OF GODS SERIES BOOK 2
RINA KENT
LEGACY OF GODS TREE
1
ANNIKA
T here’s someone out there.
Or some
ones
.
The sound of their harsh breathing slips from outside the
room, going up and up in staccato, resembling a trapped injured
animal.
A feral animal.
My eyes fly open and I stumble out of bed, smoothing my
hair so it falls to my lower back. Then I tug down on my purple
sleep shirt that barely covers my ass.
Shadows linger in the corner, twisting and groaning like
starved beasts. The only light comes from the balcony bulb that I
always leave on. I don’t reach out to the lamp’s switch or even
attempt to touch it.
Something tells me that if I shed light on whatever animal is
lurking out there, the situation will diverge in an ugly direction.
My steps are inaudible, which comes naturally to me. But the
remaining calm part doesn’t.
It’s impossible to control the tremors that slash through my
limbs or the sweat that trickles down my back, making my shirt
stick to my overheated skin.
This isn’t right.
My brother’s mansion should be the safest place on campus
and the second safest on earth after our home back in New York.
It’s why he insists I spend
certain
nights here. I don’t meddle
in his business, but I know what those nights entail—mayhem,
chaos, the butchering of poor souls.
So the best place to keep me protected is right under his
wing with a dozen guards watching me.
You know that ivory tower Rapunzel stayed in? My room in
the Heathens’ compound—my brother's anarchy-infested club—is
the personification of that.
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