Our hearts are wild creatures, Darius, thats why our ribs are cages.

Keeping Score is an omnibus of books 1　2 with bonus content that has never been seen before.

When I was younger, my best friend’s little sister betrayed me, she destroyed me. Turning my whole world upside down leaving me no choice but to ghost her and rebuild myself in a whole new image, a darker, sinister new version of me. She ruined me and everything I had planned in one night, she didn’t even have the balls to admit what she did when I caught her red handed.

Now, two years later she turns up at the house I share with her brother and our three other best friends. Seeing her again after all this time has me determined to ruin her and make her pay.

I’m going to burn her world to the ground, use her weaknesses against her. I know she still wants me, I plan to use that want against her and make her bend to my will.

Leah Williams thinks she is above me, untouchable because her brother has no idea we were ever together. Here at CHU we are the kings, we rule over everyone and I plan to have her kneeling before me in no time.

Where they rest for eternal life is where a favor is asked.

The stone with the head is where you will be led.

Be certain of the favor you ask, no second is offered.

The debt will be collected when the favor is complete.

A favor asked is a debt owed.

My mom marrying Thomas Valerian was supposed to be our fresh start, but it was the opposite of that.

So far, I’ve been treated like my stepbrother’s new toy, taunted by his friends, and chased by masked men. The leader of the masked men breaks into my room at night, calls me his little witch while ravishing me. Something about him is familiar…

Now my mom has been taken and I’m in debt to the Filthy Few!

Lakeland

For six years I have felt like I am in limbo, I've always felt like a piece of me was missing.

I'm forced to run from my home only to be abducted by the Don of the Re Della Strada. He is cruel, cold and darkness clings to him like a shadow.

Knox says I'm a liar, a murderer and I destroyed his family but I haven't the slightest clue what he is talking about until my sister finally confesses that six years ago I had an accident and sustained an injury forcing my body to shutdown and close out any memories I associated with that horrible night, a night I can't even recall.

Knox

Six years ago I let her live because of a deal, a deal I regret because now I have to see her marry that snake.

Lakeland Deveraux fooled me once and lulled me into thinking she was innocent and she cared, I chose her.

Choosing her cost me the life of my twin, my sister.

I was a street rat, worthless and broke until she forced my hand. I needed power and an army to fight alongside me so I could take her and her family down.

I'm now the Don of the Re Della Strada, we are the street kings who offer no mercy to those who have harmed our family.

Was there a missing persons poster?

Did they hold a funeral for me?

Do I have a tombstone with my ‘death' date?

For years those thoughts ran through my mind, wondering and hoping that they would somehow know I didn't die that night. I used to dream that they would find me and break down the door to my prison and set me free but that was a pipe dream.

Even if they did find me, they wouldn't be rescuing the person they thought I was, she died fourteen years ago when that car went over the bridge.

I've listened, learned, and endured for years. They may break my body and use me as their doll to get themselves off but they can't break my mind. That is the one thing I won't allow them to touch, they think I'm a stupid doll and know nothing but they're wrong. They're too busy making sure no one comes to break me out but what they never expected was for me to rescue myself and claim my freedom.

I'm no longer Waverly Bronson, I am Doxy Da Luca.

Taylan…

Find em, feel em, f*ck em, forget em.

Thats my motto… Ive lived by it my whole life. So when my best friend bet me 100k to bag the Murdoch princess, its easy money.

Until I get in way too deep and now Im training the Havoc Slayer for her biggest fight yet. What I dont realize is she isn't just fighting to win a title, she's fighting to beat the demons of her past to prove him wrong.

Destiny…

Why does everyone seem to want me for one thing?!

My moms secret narcotic formula. Even the man I had my first crush on who damaged me beyond repair only wanted me to get to my mom.

Im going to prove to everyone Im not some weak, pathetic little girl. Im going to win my biggest fight yet with or without Taylan's help.

I'll show him I am strong enough, I'll show them all I am not just some princess with the last name Murdoch.

Author's note, this book is extremely dark and has a long list of triggers! Please read those before continuing. This book is set in the world of the Murdoch mafia, Memento Mori, and the Godfathers Of The Night with character crossovers. You don't need to read either of those series to start this book.

Your freedom is your own, you are free from the burden of your name.

I have longed for years to hear those words. My life is finally my own, I am free of the burden of being born a Murdoch.

My last name cost me my heart while I was in college, I fell in love and gave him my all only to be betrayed. He wasn't my RA, he was an undercover guard my father hired to keep watch over me. The man I loved was sent away without a word, all I know for sure is that he is still alive but never allowed near me or my family again or he will be put in a hole next to his parents.

I closed myself off from the prospect of love, hardened my heart to all but when a man ten years younger than me barges into my life and turns it on its ass I am forced out of hiding. My heart beats again, my body thrums with need at the sight of him.

Darkness clings to him like a shadow. He is battered and broken, scarred from his past just like me. Our demons feast on each other but given who he is we can never be together, I'm a doctor. I save lives, he takes them.

When caution is thrown to the wind and we give into everything we feel and allow the madness to consume us, sparks fly but happiness never lasts especially when my first love comes back to claim me as his.