Paved in Rage

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• Cenigh

  Finished September 14, 2025

  4.5 ⭐ I am shocked at how much I loved Lev. I thought he was going to be my least favorite, and turns out he was incredible. Lev was so gentle & tender, which is a total contradiction to his appearance (big, muscular, tatted, and pierced -11) and his love of underground fighting. Joline is sweet and kind, but has been abused by her brother and ignored by her father. She has never been loved or cared about by anyone before. Joline was obsessed with Lev and loved watching him fight. “I love you, Lev. I knew about you way before you knew about me, and I’ve watched you all these months, knowing I could never have you. I can’t go back to doing that. It would kill me. It would break me to the point where I would never recover, so be sure this is really what you want before you start making promises.” Due to all the stuff going on in the Bratva he doesn't want to get involved with Joline until it is resolved, since he doesn't want to put her in danger. But things don't work out as planned and she is in far more danger without him. Lev is panicked when he can't find her after the fight & when he does find her, he is horrified and enraged when he sees she's been beaten. He is a sweet nursemaid to her while she recovers. Lev was an incredible MMC, I couldn't help but fall in love with him a little. He becomes the softest of the brothers for his woman and is so tender and caring towards her that it is beyond heartwarming. Joline is a great match for him. I enjoyed watching their relationship blossom & flourish. The spice in this was hot. There were a lot of "good girls" & "baby" liberally given out. The narration for the audiobook is excellent, and they both do a fantastic job with the accents. I’m touched and stunned into silence. People look at me and they see a thug or a dangerous man they’d like to fuck. They sure as hell don’t see grace and magic. I’ve spent my whole life fighting, and no one’s ever seen any beauty in it. They see violence, brutality, an animalistic rage, but definitely not beauty. “I can’t stop thinking about you.” His voice is as soft as his touch, and it’s at such odds with his intimidating overall presence. I never would’ve believed he could be this gentle, but he’s always touched me like I’m something precious, like he’s afraid I’m going to break beneath his strong hands. “I can’t stop thinking about you either,” I whisper. “I would wait forever for you, but I won’t do it if you can’t give me the same in return. If you can’t be faithful, tell me now, because my heart won’t survive you breaking it.” “I would never do that to you, malinkaya. I know I don’t have the greatest reputation, but I’ve never cheated on anyone because I’ve never been in a relationship before. I’m not afraid of commitment, though. I’ve just never met anyone that I wanted to commit to. Not until you. I can’t stop thinking about you, and I want to see where this leads. You have my word that there won’t be any other women.” He grabs my hand and kisses the palm of it. “And if I see another man around you, I’ll fucking kill them.” “We’re going to have a lifetime together, baby, and I’ll spend every second of it making this up to you, taking care of you, keeping you safe, and loving you so goddamn much.” That tattoo doesn’t mean shit.” He cups my face and steps closer. “You’re mine because I love you, baby, and because last night when I thought I might lose you, it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever known. I won’t be away from you again, not fucking ever.” “I became a one-woman man the second I saw you, baby. I can’t erase my past, but I can give you my future.” “I’m going to make you addicted to my cock, baby,” he murmurs against my lips while he keeps slowly working his hips. “I’m going to make you crave it. You’re going to be so goddamn dick hungry for me, always wanting it, always needing it.” I don’t know what to say, so I don’t say anything. I just wrap my arm around him and hug him. He hugs me back and kisses the top of my head. “You’re so goddamn sweet, baby. You know you’re the only person who’s ever hugged me?” I can’t give you a normal life, baby, but I can keep you safe and I can love you better than anyone else ever could.” “Thank you for loving me,” he says, and that ache in my heart jumps to my throat as I try not to cry, because there’s something about this big, strong man looking so vulnerable that just breaks my heart in the best way possible. “Thank you for loving me,” I say. I’m not expecting the pained look in his eyes. “Don’t ever doubt that everything we share together is the best I’ve ever had. Every single thing you choose to do with me, every part of you that you choose to share with me, is the best fucking thing I’ve ever had. You’re the only woman in my head. The memories we’ve created together are the only ones that I remember. When I tell you that no other woman exists for me, baby, I mean every goddamn word of it.” For the first time in my life I’m excited about my future. I’m excited about our future, and I can’t wait to experience every second of it with my malinkaya.

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