Repercussions of Loving you

e he didn't know. But something about the woman's voice on the pho

he repeated. "Ne

keep this simple. Someone's trying to kill you,

and now this mysterious call made his grip on the pho

ok a bullet for yo

o was watching the conversation from across the r

" Dominic

s you don't belong in. Someone-probably Volkov-wants you dead, and my gue

ready typing furiously on his laptop,

uld I tr

esn't change the fact that I'm the only thing

spond, a gunshot shatte

f gunfire sprayed across the living room. The sleek, modern furn

adrenaline spiking. "How the

from his waistband and returning fire. "We

er the coffee table, heart pounding. This was

Alyssa, buzzed again. "Still

d his teeth. "

replied. "But you need to survi

ppening. He exchanged fire with the attackers, catching a gli

t one, but mor

this position!"

t. The panic room. It had

me!" he

allway, bullets tearing into the walls behind him. He reached the hid

e!" he

m, just as a grenade la

s flying. The blast hurled Dominic and Julian forward, sl

he ringing in his ears. "We're

ded. "And I say we find this Alyssa

ard on the outskirts of the city. The moment Dominic stepped

pped out of

oo many near-death experiences. Her dark brown hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail, a small cut visible on her

Hayes," she said, arms crossed.

spite himself. "I

"You gonna tell us why we

d of their car. "Volkov doesn't just want you dead he wants

tightened. "

gs. Volkov's been using him as bait, knowing you'd eventually tak

contracts offshore accounts being funneled into dummy corporat

nside," Alyssa said. "And when you're o

wasn't just being targeted fo

t Alyssa. "

"Because Volkov is responsible for the worst day of

s something in her eyes; pain, determination. W

how to read people, and in that

ke we have a comm

d. "Then let'

usting people outside his circle, and Alyssa wasn't used to worki

hey poured over intel, a strange ki

left to make a call

orporate bodyguard' type," Dom

offee. "That's because I'm not

eyebrow. "That sup

ying him. "Most people wo

ightly. "Most p

lated, hardened smile of a trained operative, but somethin

a second before he forced himself to look

wan was going to be a distractio

war, then war was e