Mag-log inMiaWe couldn’t have asked for more beautiful weather to have our home opened and on display. With extra outdoor tables, our guests milled both inside and outside. Viviana had the serving staff ready and accessible with trays of champagne, wine, and sparkling water. There was a bar set up on the poo
Second Saturday in SeptemberMiaStanding on a chair, I secured the welcome sign above the table with a pink-icing cake decorated with ‘Welcome, Ariadna Gia’ scrolled in white frosting. While this gathering was to be our housewarming party, it would also be Ariadna’s first visit to the West Coast. S
MiaDante held me as I walked by his side, up the metal stairs in the hideout. Rei was leading the way. All I’d been told was that the mole was found, and my husband had been stabbed.Again.Without my brother’s strength, I’d still be lying on the floor of Nicolas’s house, in the same spot I fell wh
“That’s a lie,” Gerardo screamed.I held him down, my knife still at his throat.Andrés and Nicolas looked at their sons.“It’s the truth, Padre,” Em said. “I wouldn’t lie to you. You know that.”Andrés and Nicolas cursed under their breath. Andrés turned to me. “Patrόn? Does he know?”“Sí.”Gerardo
At his side, Ángel flinched, ready to attack me. Hatred shone like beacons in his eyes.Gerardo laid his hand on Ángel’s shoulder and retook his seat.I resumed my position, standing near the end of the table. “Today’s attack was different. The soldiers didn’t know our plan.”“The fucking famiglia d
AléjandroGerardo was the least happy about my emergency meeting. In his defense, he had the farthest to travel, I hadn’t given him the option of declining, and taking orders from me was not his strong suit. After what we’d learned over the last few days, his presence was mandatory. This meeting had
“Coincidence, so do I.”Pressing my lips together, I narrowed my eyes.He pointed to his arm. “I’m injured. I thought you could reciprocate our earlier shower and wash me. I’d hate to rip the stitches.”Aléjandro was doing what I’d thought a day ago to be impossible: making me more comfortable aroun
MiaWhat hours ago had been pleasant surroundings now felt violated. We went up the staircase and straight back to our bedroom. I gasped at the mess within. The drawers to the dressers were opened and the contents strewn over the floor. Stepping into my closet, I saw my clothes pulled from their han
Felipe, the taller soldier, drove Aléjandro and me to the pickup point Rei had mentioned. I expected to be driven to an airport or public heliport. Instead, we arrived at another gated home. Felipe must not have known the code. He spoke into a speaker. The only part I recognized was our last name.T
MiaMy temples pounded with the thumping of the ever-present whirling as I tried to come to terms with my situation. I was approaching the huge superyacht of an infamous drug lord. Oh, and he was also my new father-in-law. My husband had been injured, and I’d watched my brother-in-law pull a knife o







