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