eep at all
and stared at the wall. Julian didn't come to bed. He stayed in my father
d glass was gone, the bullet holes were patched, and the blood was
t the counter, drinking a cup of black coffee, wearing a crisp, tailored
uietly, his eyes scanning
the kitchen island. "Are you going
s murdered. For five years, I've been running the most powerful criminal network in the country. But I was tired of the blood, Ch
ed, my voice ba
f me. He reached out and gently tucked a piece of hai
woman in the rain and refused to take her money," he said sof
d, the front door of
suits. His face was bruised, and he looked ex
owing his head slightl
. The softness vanished, replaced b
et. "They heard about what happened last night at the Sterling house. The
reen. His jaw tightened
"He's put a bounty on your head
old. "A bounty
us. He didn't look scared. He looked
n," Marcus said. "He's having a p
rifying smile. "Then we are
Wear the black dress in the back of your closet
"I-I'm comi
"If Dimitri wants to threaten the Blackwood Queen, he needs to see exact
f black SUV. I was wearing the tight black dress and diamond earr
usive club in the city. A line of people stretched aro
d out first, offering me his hand. I
d against my ear. "No matter what
. But as soon as Julian stepped into the main room, the music
ful women and armed guards, sat a massive, bald
ka in his hand. He smiled, but h
wide. "The legend returns! I heard you got married an
id calmly. "I heard you put
his face. "Ah. The Queen. She's even more beautiful than the rumors say." He looked back at Julian
snapped his fingers. Four huge gua
a deal, Blackwood. Let me have your wife for the night. A pe
rt to tremble. But
lian sai
"No? You think you have a choic
an moved
glass table behind him. The table shattered, glass flying everywhere. The guards raised t
le room
nty on my head. You can try to kill me in my sleep. But if you ever look at my wife agai
ad, his eyes wide with pure terror.
suit. He looked at the shocked crowd, then turned to me.
n," he said. "
ssian mobsters, and at the shattered glass
k his
ht Julian was a nobody. But looking at the blood on his knuckles an
was married to a monster. And I
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