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ed the bottom of the stairs. The basement holding cell was a tomb ofen, unrecognizable mess, but his arrogance remained intact. Julian stood just outside the ring
t, a bloody mixture of saliva and defiance landing
ace. Moretti's one good eye widened in sheer terror. He r
he damp walls. "Your mother, Caterina. Your sister, Rosa. And the forty-two t
leather straps, the chair gro
old sweat. "In this world, loyalty is a
n that one of Kirkland's Underbosses was personally overseeing the execution tonight. But as he gasped for air, his voi
ression. I simply straightened my postur
s gaze on me-heavy, assessing, and entirely too sharp. He was looking at a
replaced by the suffocating perfume and
d my youth, I sat in the velvet-lined VIP booth beside Juli
Alistair is at the Mayor's banquet until midnight," she murmured, her dark, painted lips curving into a smirk. She
le' Hobbs adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses. He didn't speak to me, but the microscopic tilt of h
," Bella warned Julian, her playful demeanor vanishing into cold
y. The freezing autumn rain hammered against the roof
d in the dark, the steel of their Thompson submachine guns gleaming in the fain
in his place stood the rightful heir to the Morgan empire, radiating absolute autho
k," I looked at the giant looming behind me, "you take the front. Suppressing
arry the weight of my dead bloodline. "Tonight, we don't just save
of the rain, we forged a silent, blood-soaked pact. He pulle/1/111348/coverbig.jpg?v=1c4a41c1eed62b44ed065ca2695ec701&imageMogr2/format/webp)