Summary: She's the daughter of NYC's biggest mob boss; wild, beautiful and a bitch. He's the ex-con assigned to be her new bodyguard, one in a very long line. Isabella Swan is determined to make Edward Masen's life a living hell until he quits, just like the others, but he's got more at stake than she knows and he's not going anywhere.

Pairing: BxE

A/N: Welcome to Wicked Games! A massive thank you to PearlyFox for being my pre-reader, listening to all my crazy ramblings and overall being a gorgeous human. She's also an amazing writer, go check her out! Another huge thank you to Fran S-Flower for being my beta and making my words prettier, she's a star! Finally a big shout-out to all the lovely people in my facebook group Creaatingmadness (Come join us if you're not in the group yet) - you guys make me laugh, smile and all around cheer me up, so thank you ❤️

Chapters will be posted on Monday's. You can find a sneak peak of Chapter 1 over at The Lemonade Stand RIGHT NOW, it's tehlemonadestand ( d o t ) blogspot ( d o t ) c o m ! A big thank you to the girls at TLS, especially 6dlb5 for sharing the story over there!

The gorgeous banner for this story you can see up there is made by PearlyFox - she's such a talented human - *chefs kisses*

WARNINGS: This story contains drug use, explicit sexual content, violence, and bad language. It is rated M for a reason. I'll add trigger warnings at the top of chapters that I think require them beyond this initial warning. It's BxE but it's a slow burn, so strap in.

With that all said and done (sorry for the outrageously long A/N) ! Here you go!

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Prologue

Cold asphalt digs into my back, hard and unyielding. My breaths are shallow and sharp, the movement of my chest intensifying the wrenching pain in my torso. It's white-hot, jagged, excruciating.

The city that never sleeps is always loud, a deafening cacophony of cars, voices, laughs, and shouts, but for once, I can't hear any of it.

All I hear is a dull roar; it buzzes in my ears, getting louder and louder.

I stare up at the sky, my vision swimming, stars blurring, lights flaring with white shadows that shrink and grow.

Acceptance strikes like a chord in my chest, resonating deep.

It was always supposed to happen like this. It's symmetry, fate, or some shit like that.

In spite of the pain, in spite of the agony, I feel myself smile.

It was worth it.

For him.

For my Daisy.

I can taste blood on my lips; it chokes me, thick in my throat.

This is death, but I'm not scared.

As long as she's safe, it doesn't matter.

Everything around me starts to fade, and I watch the stars blink out in front of my eyes until there's nothing but black.

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Let me know your thoughts in the reviews! See you on Monday the 8th of March for Chapter 1 and don't forget to go read the teaser for it over at The Lemonade Stand! Want to chat? Come join the FB group Creaatingmadness (link is in my bio). We've got a lovely community and you can also have a look at the characters and the music inspiring the fic there too!

Thank you for reading,

Ella xx