My Mfia Target: One Last Job
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ass exploded behind us. My mind snapped into focus, years of training kickin
rom the balcony. A shad
ni
d steady. Asses
the space where my head had been. Luca was already moving, p
own," he
nored
incts overriding logic as I sprinted toward the wi
Two.
faintest glint of steel. A muffled grunt sounded as
e wasn
w exactly who he
h, my breath control
ed his attention from Luca to me. A f
as the
I was a
knife in my grip. "You go
sassin
y body just enough to feel the blade sli
t some h
either
d, gripping his wrist and twisting-hard. A sickeni
rely r
s elbow into my ribs. Pain flared, but I gr
two shadows l
nt. D
he
ared through
jerked. His bo
en he c
oke curling from the barrel. His dark eyes
hesi
on. It was an obser
y heart hammering beneath my
over me, slow and
dn't
irst time in my li
led like gunpo
, his eyes still open but unseeing. Luca stood over him
ng me. Waiting
he said again, voi
orcing my body to re
d closer.
ll down my spine-not because h
en there before. I could have finished the kill. I should h
y
my heart had raced for an entirely different re
sassin's blade was still dripping blood down my arm. Before I co
Si
breath. "I
, Jul
n't a r
ut then he pulled me toward the couch, guiding me
s pocket. His movements were careful as he pressed it agai
pped to mine.
e. "You don't get
ed-not quite a smirk, but cl
jaw ticked. Infu
d still, let
wound. But with every brush of his fingertips, with ev
cleaned up blood. But there was something about the way he was doing it now, the way his t
seeing me for
st people would be shaken after a s
around my arm, tying it in place with practiced ea
lieve
e aware of everything-the warmth of his hands, the way his knee wa
was a
stupid, dea
e reason, I
is eyes never leaving mine
t. Deceptively casual
arting to
ect. But for some reason, th
knee, light but deliberate. Hi
you my
pulse hammering
uld sa
him before he
pered, "Would it
his gaze dark and unreadable. Then
I'd want y
eath c
f I was more terrified o
act that I w
have wal
ad, I
like a curse, sinking in
I'd want y
l him he was a fool. But t
. This imp
oing to get u
t stop me this time, but I could feel his eyes on me as I paced the
ave. T
d, my phone buzzed
y knew wh
atching me. Calculating. I turn
have been
istorted-cold, d
remain steady. "There
Fix it. Or we'll
ine we
moment, the weight of the
ix
ll
ave been simple. I
something I had long
he couch, legs spread, hands clasped, studying me
the faintest idea who I real
etween my eyes witho
t... he
His voice was smooth, teasing. B
king the chaos inside
just slightly. "I've met enough liar
t
o give him a reason to pin me aga
s playing a g
feel the shift in the air, the way his attenti
lf onto his lap before he could react. His bod
brushed against my
shell of his ear. "And what do yo
a second-just a second-
is grip on my waist tightening. Not pulling
arely moved, but I felt
slammed against my ribs.
ainst my jaw in a way that felt almo
. "I just don't think you know
nt a shiver d
e he wa
nger this was. But I knew it w
me in my life-I didn'