Mag-log in"Vincenzo, no!" Gianna screamed, throwing herself forward. "Please! Don't do this to her!" She fought against my hold with everything she had. "Relax, Gianna," I said quietly, pulling her firmly against my chest as she struggled to break free. Under any other circumstances, I would have loosened
"Because she's street-level waste," Vincenzo said, his voice flat, almost bored. "And she made a street-level decision." Dante released Cole, who crumpled to the floor, then swung the laptop around so we could see the screen, "I've got Mercer's footage," he said. "It lines up with his version. Cole
He straightened as much as Dante's grip allowed, fixing his attention entirely on my brother. "I know what the Capone name means. You don't poke a sleeping tiger unless you're looking to get eaten alive. Everything I did tonight was to prove my loyalty." It was convincing and logically structured.
Denise collapsed into herself, a broken, animalistic wail tearing from her throat as her head hung so low her forehead nearly touched the blood pooling beneath her. "That is the truth, Gianna!" she cried. "I was just so tired. You don't know what it's like to have people threatening to kill you eve
Alfonso moved instantly. He lunged forward, grabbing Morgan and jerking her head back until her neck strained. He jammed the barrel of his pistol into her mouth. She let out a muffled, terrified sob, her hands shaking in the air as she choked around the gun. My eyes returned to Denise, locking ont
"But right now... my only job is to make sure nobody ever hurts you again." I couldn't help her while she was pulling against the ropes still wrapped around her ankles. "Stay still." She didn't, "Raphael, please—" "I said stay still." I crouched in front of her and pulled the knife from my belt
He cut the engine. The loud rumbling died instantly, leaving the garage completely quiet except for the sound of our breathing. But I didn't move. I didn't loosen my grip, and I didn't slide off the metal tank. I just stayed right there, clinging to his chest like a child. We sat together in the ga
A giant ball of fire and thick black smoke shot high into the air, the extreme heat blasting against my face and blowing my hair back. The metal frames of the pumps twisted and melted in the bright orange light, destroying every single piece of evidence left behind. Raphael tucked his glock back in
Raphael the walked over to the clerk, who was coughing up thick pools of dark blood on the floor. Raphael opened another bottle and dumped it right over the man’s broken head, the liquid mixing with the dark red stains on his clothes. He kept walking around the store, opening bottle after bottle, sp
"A real nice piece of ass, isn't she?" Raphael said, letting out a low, rough chuckle that sounded completely friendly, but made my stomach drop into a cold pit. He gestured with his chin toward me, "I can't blame you guys for staring. When a girl looks like this, men are going to want to touch. It'







