His Stripper, Their Obsession

ck of Adriano's head.He could hear th

. Fear makes people sloppy."

ed-a slow, w

pulled the trigger by

breathing, the weight of the gun digging into

a flash-Ad

gun hand away. The gunshot went o

A

him stumbling backward. Before the man could recover, Adriano lunged, drivin

e animals in the dark. The gun clattered

ward it, desperation

iano wa

nearby and smashed it down on

eamed as bo

addling the man's ch

Adriano hissed,

e brick again,

can tell you where the money is! I

d in his bloody hand. Ready to sm

night seemed to

ed his head,

k fa

hing he could remember in his terror-fueled haze. Sweat and blood

efully, committing e

ling and sniveling, Adriano lowered the

arrel against th

lf a few more minutes o

ly as he emerged from the shadows, g

him, guns drawn but relaxed now that t

st from his clothes with s

ng toward the warehouse.

ordered. "We're not

behind his back. The man whimpered, but didn't resist. Wit

k with the metallic scen

gged-flinched when they saw their buddy

- the throne of this grim little kingdom - and sat down wit

s thrown to the

rward, elbows res

ollars," he said softly.

nt except for the whim

silky, venomous whisper. "I gave you three extra months.

worse than a frown. "And

and. One of his soldiers ripp

It wasn't supposed to go down like

rent tired of hearing ex

" he said. "You m

hout breaking

A

like a thunderclap

lood and bone exploding agains

reamed through their gag

ered his gun,

asually wiping a speck of bloo

," he said coldly. "To anyone

ked loudly then, pullin

ed down a leather jacket. Pale skin almost glowed under the harsh ware

eLuca drawled. "You always thr

the first real

late,

And also, I was busy hacking into the city's security feeds so y

dly on the tabl

e welcome," sh

uckled

uld make it,

him off witho

alking over to her. "What did

ers danced ov

. These idiots weren't just hoarding it... they were moving

jaw tighte

edatory smile. "Still digging. But wh

e him. A grainy, zoomed-in image appeared-a man in a d

leaned

d turned

y... but one detai

l was a small, unmistaka

r, every muscle in h

ckers," h

just a riv

t some m

rom La Rosa Nera

nsible for kill

een at war with fo

curled into a f

ng," he said in a

once, all hu

toward the two terrified debtors st

o these rats-" he pointed toward the men-" but to every moth

ed there since he was sixteen-s

tarted as deb

t was

co had no inten