{"id":30,"date":"2025-04-15T17:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qathi.xyz\/?p=30"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:18:05","slug":"the-butcher-fifth-republic-series-book-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firekirinus.com\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"The Butcher (Fifth Republic Series Book 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">because he didn\u2019t have the balls to do it himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn\u2019t been enough for him, if I\u2019d been stupid for marrying him in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m at work one night when he walks inside\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">the most beautiful man I\u2019ve ever seen<\/span>. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it\u2019s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.<\/p>\n<p>I just want him as an anti-depressant\u2014but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he\u2019s hooked.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t get much of a say in the matter, and that\u2019s not surprising when I learn why\u2014because he\u2019s the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules\u2014or pay.<\/p>\n<p>And now I\u2019m his.<\/p>\n<p>I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">because he didn\u2019t have the balls to do it himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn\u2019t been enough for him, if I\u2019d been stupid for marrying him in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m at work one night when he walks inside\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">the most beautiful man I\u2019ve ever seen<\/span>. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it\u2019s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.<\/p>\n<p>I just want him as an anti-depressant\u2014but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he\u2019s hooked.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t get much of a say in the matter, and that\u2019s not surprising when I learn why\u2014because he\u2019s the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules\u2014or pay.<\/p>\n<p>And now I\u2019m his.<\/p>\n<p>I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">because he didn\u2019t have the balls to do it himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn\u2019t been enough for him, if I\u2019d been stupid for marrying him in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m at work one night when he walks inside\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">the most beautiful man I\u2019ve ever seen<\/span>. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it\u2019s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.<\/p>\n<p>I just want him as an anti-depressant\u2014but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he\u2019s hooked.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t get much of a say in the matter, and that\u2019s not surprising when I learn why\u2014because he\u2019s the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules\u2014or pay.<\/p>\n<p>And now I\u2019m his.<\/p>\n<p>I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">because he didn\u2019t have the balls to do it himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. I wonder where it all went wrong, if I hadn\u2019t been enough for him, if I\u2019d been stupid for marrying him in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m at work one night when he walks inside\u2014<span class=\"a-text-italic\">the most beautiful man I\u2019ve ever seen<\/span>. He sits at the bar and a forest fire burns between us. I was depressed the moment before he entered, but the second I look at his blue eyes, I forget the dumpster fire that my life has become. I invite him back to my place and it\u2019s the most passionate night of my life. I expect to never see him again.<\/p>\n<p>I just want him as an anti-depressant\u2014but he wants me all to himself. I just got my heart ripped out of my chest so I want something easy and no-strings-attached, but he wants all the strings because he\u2019s hooked.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t get much of a say in the matter, and that\u2019s not surprising when I learn why\u2014because he\u2019s the Butcher. The crime lord of all crime lords, the boss that overshadows all of Paris, that makes everyone abide by his rules\u2014or pay.<\/p>\n<p>And now I\u2019m his.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found out my husband of three years had cheated on me and his mistress is the one who told me\u2014because he didn\u2019t have the balls to do it himself. I move out and get a new apartment, a job as a bartender, and try to move on with a broken heart. 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