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the heavy
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te," she cooed, picking up
te said, pouring hims
and placed a hand o
silent reminder of the mafia he
mplex mix of duty and dark satisf
family," I said, ste
a slow sip
compensation. You o
er's signet ring, tossin
were so weak," she sneered
eces and strung them up like meat in a but
ed my ears, and the room s
tion, I lunged
gainst the mahogany table, and laid the edge of
e of blood
ne and sinew. He used his weight, twisting my arm back with such brutal force that my
el, still cold from the air-conditioned hall, made contact with the silk stretched taut over her belly. In the
is voice shaking the gla
of their own incompetence and the enemies the
a blade twist
hbacks crashe
y parents' desecrated corpses, and Dante holding me, sw
to a killer, realizing my entire life wa
mething cold and solid, an
ning his unborn heir. He raised his hands in a sl
with one hand, while my other hand pulled a
red, a thin,
e burning cherry of the cigarette in
so hard a muscle ticked in his cheek, but with the Glock press
ssing my gun onto
et and pulled out a he
te with a mocking smile. "Try it on.
tective instincts warr
eached his hand ou
ade flashed
swipe, I severed his ri
oss the pristine
t of your debt," I declared,
ven look at his
to the floor with his massive w
heavy hands gripping my wrist
of protection to you," he growle
ht of his body that used to make me feel safe
xic wasteland, and the only w
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