In The Mafia's Shadow

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her cry out loudly before she quickly drifted into a bliss

gleaming with a fine sheen, and headed to the bathroom. Stepping int

ed active, always working.As he buttoned his whi

ter, casting her a brief glance as she lay exposed, he chuckled

scary looking men, she quickly scram

o nodded respectfully. "Sir," the man beg

rowed dangerousl

. The weight of the gun in its inner pock

ed quickly. "He was seen leaving an apa

ruid thought

earfully suggested, but Druid's sha

ing until night time, will give him a chance to escape. If he does,

he men choruse

ghtened look of the girl, now fully awake and wrapped in the white sheet. Smirking a

would ha

hotel room, brushing past his subordinate

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bus. Another day gone, she thought to herself, her steps on t

her hair covere

was headed back home from an

herself when she was younger, but it was the only work she had been able

ld felt about her job had been beaten out of her by the trials

ly. A woman walking towards her wearing a suit gave her a fun

urning the key in her lock

d when she noticed the dirty dishes in the sink. Her

el.

her brother, despite her efforts

nce been her painting room until her brother had unexpect

ed at the door, whi

and a look of confusion on his face. "Sis,

snapped, pointing a finger at him. "Get out here right now and clean u

or in her face. Valentina exhaled sh

grocery store and shoved it into the microwave, slamming the d

f she had known living with her older brother would be this e

lp, only for him to ignore her. Now he was the one r

rother sauntered into the kitchen, bare-chested

," she muttered under her breath. As she a

for the past two years? Why did she feel like he was hiding something about the cir

e?" she asked, noticing the

esponded, though his words carr

she p

of hair from her eyes. "You've been really silent about why yo

and dangerous. She stiffened. "And if you know what's good

s he slammed the kitchen cabinet