The Forbidden Love in the Underworld

ng too much ag

m over his face. And you are

in arch form. "You want me

"I want the truth." "What

customed to handling folks who approach life in absolues. both good a

feelings control him, darn it, she made it difficult to remain cold-blooded. "I hav

her black eyes. By now you would have walked a

his jaw. She

ed before he cou

oct

s customary smile. The older man changed the cuffs of his

voice silky but forceful. "

hed. "What

l chew you up and spit you out, doctor. And you wo

Say something if you

pockets. "Keep your distance; the next bet

sponse. You were looking for

the displays. This goes beyond

o with survival. Someone else will ta

h. And what happens to the f

curved at the margins. That

of it all settled in his chest. "You think

ion. "No." At least now, though, y

yet really understood the layer of history spu

a locked cabinet just a

ed his brow.

en shook her he

rist and made her face h

ough within something burned, his

ye darting to his ho

void

n't give me real answers," Rafael remarked, his p

gloomy. Some doors are

presence commanding. "I refuse to

tension was broken before she co

iff expression. "You nee

done, they trailed

air still smelled leather and fine cigars

tomach tur

ley behind the club on the screen, ta

as L

afia leader

eaned forward with a tense jaw. "Some of

s, as keen as a kni

. Does i

in her glass. "They can tell me straight

s. Her people were restless after the failed attempt at her life, Michael's treachery, and the

se, but under the cool surface he saw something else: a

er feet. Say it right now if anyone

ed, but nobody

her. That's w

ould calm down. He wrinkled his brow as he

"What kind

Two of our men suffered hit

er battlefield, not only one. An attack there

osing authority. "Ask som

d and walked

ick glance. "This is

ripping the glass. " No. Someone want

drew it out, scowling at the uniden

t no

too much again,"

find yourself bored

him, her body just inches awa

her. "How would

. "What sho

in mind. The bloo

e city. "Because I ha

y in her directio

Sofia's phone buzzed on the table inside before either

hange from inquiry to

it?," he

way. She actually carried the ph

hen a slo

the voice sounde

for reprisal

und the phone. Who the he

been waiting in the shadows