's
think. I didn't have t
alarm, and my instincts ki
olding on to my wrist, pulling me through the narrow hallway at a pace that left me br
re!" I spat, tugging my arm free fr
kept scanning the surroundings like a hawk on the hunt. "Saf
ords, but it didn't stop the gnaw
ilding behind us. I could hear the tension and the chaos growing louder. My heartbeat
ng his head toward the sleek bl
was no time for hesitation, and we needed to g
de to the driver's seat with his body close enough that I could feel the heat of his presence
might get to know later," he said with his voice low but with an edge I couldn't ignore. Bu
ame birthmark my son h
illion and one thoughts going through my mind, his
m with flashing eyes. "Let's see how it goes,
s no humor in it. "I didn't say you couldn't
"And what's that
tightened, and for a second, I saw s
nce you're in this, there's no w
my chest: Must I continue with this in this man
was trying to see through me. "I think you're playing a danger
e thing-this is likely to be more tedious than I had env
stop, the screech of tires against the p
n muttered with a k
ghts barely illuminated the deserted road. It felt... wrong, you know. This wasn
he door and stepped out of the car, pulling his gun from
red, his tone firm.
efore a black SUV screeched to a halt in
ark suits and carrying weapons. I wasn't sh
again. Giovann
raven mutter u
ely cursed un
with his body rigid with readiness
But I wasn't foolish enough to think I could take on four armed men in a standoff like this without Krav
man with sharp features and an even sharper glare-step
me time almost cold. "You came at the wrong ti
of uncertainty in his eyes. "We've got
s wasn't how I'd planned this. I wasn't supposed to be in the middle of a mafia
u think you can come into our territory and walk a
ze as his words hit harder than
ngerous. "You're playing with fire, you know.
ent he dropped the last word, and I had my ey
un raised, and Kraven
ppened at once. And when the gunfire sound had died down, I risked a careful glance around and noticed tha
p with a loud screeching sound
ll guy meant that th
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