Runaway With The Mafia

s well be. He's in a coma, and even though we have the best doctors caring for

, I d

"I have lived. I have loved. I have buried my husband and children. I have grieved, and I completely understand your aversion to this world we have created. But

me that way!" he snap

of Priscilla, trapped in that damned box where all his emotions lay hidden. He failed miserably. Gripping the edge of the table, he cursed the ago

for tomorrow. Do not let me down. If you do not wish to lead, you know what you must do." With that, the call di

amily would be left vulnerable to the ruthless politics and power struggles of the world into which he was born-a world that learned to fear his ve

nger a matter of want

half-expecting to find her in his bed. However, as he twisted the doorknob

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ddled with the hem of the pajamas Sandro had provided her the previous night; it was all she had

closed her eyes, praying to any gods that may exis

nd the trunk lid slowly lift. Thus, Sandro

help had fallen flat when he had stayed locked away in his study all night. Stealing from him hadn't worke

oxious man for assistance was to hitch a ride without his permission. There was no way he would have lent her some money-if he c

k. "Get out of my trunk right now, Mrs. Harake. What are you, a child play

trunk shut. "Let me go." Each word punctuated her futile struggle, and onlo

nd voice held an undercurrent of violence that caused the chauffeur to take a ste

eat trickled down his che

nto a sneer. He started to speak but abruptly glanced down at her bare feet. She instinctively curled her t

's fault, but her words caught in her throat as she rea

uld truly escape Jayson this time. Perhaps she could flee to a place where he would n

She couldn't keep the e

phone from his black pants. "No. This i

me wit

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an dro

ing from each word. The wind tugs at the bun of his black ha

r, swearing intensely in a language that sounds somewhat familia

it's why she feels safe around him. Every other man she's encoun

s that smacked her when she was just thirteen, the desperate cries she stifled wh

one, her life has shown her