Shadows of the Night

de in

ad never felt more

ent Enzo had put it on her finger, she had felt a shift in the air

n the private chapel of the DeLuca mans

was the

roses and sandalwood incense. Just the two of them, a priest, and Enzo

nd to give her away when he had o

re planning your es

s. He stood beside her in a black tailored

r lips curling in mock amusement. "Esc

ia

er chest, but before she coul

take Seraphina Moretti

n't blin

ced herself t

aphina Moretti,

d

out hard and bri

his emerald-green e

red them husband and wife,

t soft. Posses

ught the instinct to shove him away. He was mak

e min

inst her lips, "Smile for the cameras, Mrs.

war that she wo

t is Far

was a show

sian, and Albanian mobs, packed the DeLuca estate ballroom. Fine champ

ng, sipping her wine, allowing Enzo's han

oment was a

the room f

e foun

r stood Ant

father's most

chill down her spi

re te

d when Enzo's brea

ing her expression neutral. "That mea

t him come. He los

ights. "I am no one'

on her hip. "Then wh

a grabbed a glass of champagne. She needed somethin

Dante Ricci stood at Enz

down, whispering so

ntire bo

noticed

she asked, stu

a rat in

he glass tighter.

aze caug

r ago. Bullet to the head. One o

's blood

t had just turne

the Whi

o think about Enzo's words b

lit through

ass. The sickening thud of

e of Enzo's men, perhaps a capo-thud to the ground,

turned int

ing orders in angry Italian. His men-deadly, skilled kil

but she didn't lose it. S

was gone

es. That's where she'd be if she were

en she

A glint of silenc

bing a knife from a fallen table, spinning, a

ted, clutching

is Glock finished the job. The killer doubled over

rising and falling rapidly. Red wet t

shoulder to her. "

hair back over her s

e was something resembling admiration in t

ing to be time f

s to vacate the estate. The rest of the guests-frightened but habitua

"Someone's attempting to sabotage y

ched her teeth

ce of

and the ballroom was empty e

any table, her wedding gown smeared with r

t thrown off, tie undone, jaw set

sian payroll," Dante said. "

rowed. "Why would the Ru

st the glass. "That's the mill

nd infuriatingly in command. She'd spent years honing her skills

e. Or at least, no

father hired t

to hers. "If he d

eady gaze. "And what if it we

tiffened. "That

ok a sip. "No, it's unavoidable. A man like Enz

immer of uncertai

t down her g

w and measured. Every s

, Enzo." She stepped in front of him, chin

jaw h

hina

d her

irst

he lavish master bedroom of the D

l of forced commitment, now in

eaked open

d change,"

the mirror. "Or what?

ting. But no. I don't

firmly. "Good. Because if you did, you'd h

grew. "Fai

l over a chair arm. Scars traversed his chest, the remna

rs. Not all of t

breath. "Wh

play th

yebrow. "And wh

f leather and smoke surrounded her. His em

l, Mrs.

his gaze, her

the best b

ing onto the enormous b

't see h

could