Destroyer by Stoni Alexander

THEODORE SANTINI

I’m the monster under your bed. The boogeyman who terrifies your nights and haunts your days. The one who lurks in the shadows, lives in the darkness. It’s been like that for so long, I wouldn’t know lightness if it shone on my face.

I hide my anger behind my chill demeanor, and I crack a joke to ease the nonstop tension, but I’m a pressure cooker set to explode sky-high at any moment.

I’m also a Santini. That name means one thing in this town and every town around the world.

Power.

My father couldn’t hold it, and he failed. But my brothers wield it like a weapon and a shield. They know the true weight it carries.

Me? I’m the baby in La Famiglia. I’m not like them. I hold the Santini name close until I strike like a viper. Then, it’s all over. I’m that lethal.

My family leans on me, and I come through for them every single time, but who’s gonna be there for me?

Turns out, she is.

Everything changes when she returns. She is the light to my dark, yet she’s got her own personal brand of badass. She’s the best of the best and a deadly weapon in her own right. She’s the puzzle piece that’s been missing… in all things.

Did I mention our chemistry? It’s volcano hot.

Taking command of ALPHA’s high-stakes mission, I become a man obsessed. So when the terror cell hunts down my BLACK OPS team, I unleash the hounds of Hell. My life’s not for the tender-hearted. I’m brutal and I’m relentless.

If I tell you I’m coming for you… I’m coming.

When I find you—and I will—I will annihilate you.