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I like that about you, though. How fierce you are, and how you don't put up with anyone's bullshit. Fucking no one scares you and that impresses the hell outta me. I'm gonna be honest with you, Red. I don't have the first fucking clue how to write a woman a love letter. Let alone a woman like you. So I hope you'll excuse the lack of structure and prose, and see this for what it is. Everything I wanna say out loud, but can't. Everything that rattles around in my brain when I look at you, but can't seem to make the words leave my mouth.

  Fuck you're beautiful. It's almost painful to look at you and not touch you, not grab you and--

  7th Circle exploded today and for a heartbeat, I thought you were dead. And I thought my whole world was crumbling around me, like my soul had been ripped clean out of my body. Then I remembered who the fuck you are. You’re Hades, for fucks sake. No one can kill you so easily. You’re one step away from inhuman, at least in my eyes.

  Roses are bloody, I’ve been blue, you’re a goddess and I want to fuck you.

  Just two kisses and you've left a permanent stain on my soul, Angel.

  I love when you challenge me. We harmonize, like a filthy symphony.

  Sometimes, I swear to fuck Red, sometimes I want to throttle you. You're infuriating! The guilt you're carrying tonight after finding Lucas in such a state made me want to bundle you up in my arms and just let you fucking break for five goddamn seconds. But we're not in a good place yet, you'd never let me offer that sort of support. More to the point, you'd never let yourself break. Not with me, not even with Zed, I'd bet. You're carrying too damn much, though, and sooner or later it's going to crush you if you don't accept help from those who care about you.

  I hope you know that I'm one of those people. I want to be the one you turn to when it all gets too much. I want to shoulder that weight and offer you a fucking break. You've already dealt with so much.

  You made a flippant comment tonight at the hospital about me writing this letter, and it almost made me laugh. You really didn't think I'd do it, and that tells me you've got no idea how obsessed I am with you. Everything about you. You've consumed my thoughts for five fucking years, Red. Since the moment I met you, no woman has been able to compare. They were all simply place-holders for the real thing. You.

  Here's the thing, though. I never thought we would ever get to this point. I figured that picturing you in my mind while I fucked some random faceless chicks with red hair would be the best I could ever get.

  Words can't express how glad I am to be wrong. I feel like I owe you an explanation, though, for why I pushed you away when you made your move.

  In short, you shocked the crap outta me. I don't know why I was so surprised, you aren't exactly the type of woman to sit around and wait for a man to sweep her off her feet. But... is it selfish to wish that I had done that for you?

  So, yeah, I handled it badly. I pushed you away because I panicked. You're the woman I've literally dreamed about, and suddenly you were within reach. Problem was, I knew--still know--that I'm bad for you. And you deserve better, so I tried to push you away. Look how that turned out, huh? I was totally kidding myself. You're the brightest flame on earth and I'm nothing more than a moth.

  I'm bad for you, Red. So fucking bad. I'm damaged, emotionally unavailable, cruel, reckless, and selfish. You deserve so much fucking better. You deserve that fucking stripper. Lucas. He's everything I'm not, and everything that would be good for you. And yet, I can't seem to stay away. So here I am, writing a fucking love letter like a lovesick teen.

  Love. Fucking hell. Pretty safe to say that's not an emotion I'd ever thought to feel again. I thought that part of my soul had curled up and died a long damn time ago. I thought all I felt for you was obsession, infatuation... lust. But I was wrong. It took these last few weeks for me to see that. It wasn't until you so rightfully rejected my apology at Anarchy to make it finally sink in.

  I love you, Red. And if it takes me another five years to make you see that, for you to forgive my insane behavior, then so be it. I'm not going anywhere, and I'm not giving up.

  Almost every damn night, you're in my dreams. I can't wait to get my hands on you properly. Those few kisses have only made me desperate for more, made my fantasies about you so much more graphic and real.

  I dream about all the ways I want to fuck you. How tight and hot your cunt will be around my cock, how sweet your moans will be in my ears and the salty taste of your sweat on my tongue as I bite your neck.

  You know what you're getting into with me, I can see it in your eyes. You want it rough, and that's exactly how it'll be. I've thought long and hard about wrapping that gorgeous red hair around my fist, holding you captive as I fuck your ass. Every time you wet your lips, I picture them wrapped around my cock as you swallow me deep, choking on my cum as that sinful eye makeup stains your cheeks. I want to taste your pussy, and make you scream my name as you come all over my face. I want your thighs to grab my head so tight I suffocate in your sweet cunt and drown in your juices.

  Red, I want to make you scream until you're hoarse, I want your legs to shake so bad you can't walk, and I want to see those perfect tits heaving as you struggle to catch your breath.

  There are so many things I want to do to you, with you, for you... but instead of writing it all down, I'd much rather play it all out in person.

  Zed just called and asked me to come over to his place. You must be in pain, if he's turning to me for help. Yet somehow I can't help but feel glad. Because even though you're hurting, it's giving me an excuse to get closer and trust me, Angel, I won't back down again. I'll give you this letter tonight, and hopefully you'll give me another chance.

  If not, I'll just write another. And another. And another. One day, maybe you'll believe me when I say how much I love you, and will always love you.

  So, fuck it. When you dream of me, make it rough. I can't wait to make it a reality, then hold you afterwards. Hold you forever.

  - Cass

  COMING SOON

  June 11th, 2021

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  CLUB 22

  They say to keep your enemies close and mine are all around me. At the heart of it are four dangerously gorgeous men. The man who wants to light my darkness and already paid the price for loving me. The man who can handle my power and loves every dark inch of me. The man who has been my closest companion and now threatens to upend our carefully balanced world in pursuit of me.

  But the fourth man is probably the most terrifying. He wants to take the others away. He wants to tear the spinal column out my empire. Destroy my businesses. Destroy me.

  Why?

  Because the man who should have stayed dead wants me and he will stop at nothing until he’s carved out my bloody, beating heart and left me broken.

  He should remember who he’s dealing with…I’m not the girl he knew anymore.

  I’m Hades.

  This time when death comes for him, I’ll make sure it sticks.

  A Note From Tate

  Just two days after writing the ending of this book, I found out that the model with originally inspired Cass, Chris Kash, died very unexpectedly. In a touching message from his family, we know that on his death, he donated his organs and ultimately saved three lives in doing so.

  His loss is a huge blow to the people who knew him, but also to the book world as he was such a prolific and recognizable face on so many romance covers. His final act of kindness in saving those three lives with his organ donation is unquestionably true to Cass’s character, so I couldn’t be more proud and grateful to have Chris on the cover for Club 22. In my mind, he will always be Cassiel Saint.

  My heart goes out to his family, and his beautiful wife. I simply can’t imagine the pain they’re going through.

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