ra
c was a fortress
gh-end medical facility that catered to the city's elite
ss doors, the heavy legal folder
ioned in the lobby imme
uming the Mafia Queen was jus
n desk and headed strai
opening to a heavil
fa near the security desk, stroking a s
er large brown eyes widening in
e carrying down the quiet corrido
falling to the animal, then back
," I sai
st. She glanced at the heavily ar
ounced, her voice trembling just enough to sound authentic
tably, and I could feel the
the security desk and dropped the thick
ike a gunshot i
ead guard. "Tell him to sign it so
the heavy oak door to Dante
dark suit impeccable,
idor, landing on the fold
losed the distance between us. He picked up
ered, his voice a low rumble. "Before you
e cat still in her arms. She
ing down at the floor. "I do not want to disrupt y
a sterile, secure medical zone?" I asked, m
shrank
ed at the estate
," Dante stated, steppi
with eyes that
low whispers about my lack of unde
ate, Seraphina," Da
ign the severance," I replied
bby. He snapped his fingers, gesturing to the head guard. "Dispose of that," he ordered, his eyes never leaving mine. The
the bin for
d over and bent down
t out a sharp gasp a
Dante!" she cried out. "
reached out and gr
ld her softly. "It i
security desk, leaving
aminated folder, and walked to
y voice loud enough to p
his face a mask
ty to find her a specialist," I said, staring right into hi
muscles in his
liver clean documents by
past his
assive mahogany desk, its paws trampl
d not ev
those paws touched. One day soon, I would use that very
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