Auctioned for revenge

te to the cold rage boiling inside him. Dante had never hesitated in his life unti

vanished? And why the hell was their

not here, not now. He had won the bid but that

disappointment. He was already whispering to someone, probably sending orders to intercept them outside. Dante turned to the

bait so it would silence any complaints, and tore the paper clean off that should be enough. The auctioneer g

tightened, t

tilted his head

lse thundered in his ears. The mother

exclusive listings comes with... baggage. This boy was not meant t

e ground shif

e is

ned. That, Monsieur Moreau,

own, and for the first time, the boy was looking at him with

trust

se pause. Then the auctioneer sighed. Very well, he gestured toward the back doors. Take him and go

t he was. The child stiffened at first, but after a heartbeat, he clung to Dante's jacket, his sm

s swift, calculated. Every instinct screamed a

lley, a shadow moved. A knife gl

rned jus

lunged

lade missed his ribs by inches, slicing the fabric of his

mist

cker staggered, but Dante didn't give him a chance to recover. He slammed the man

? Dante's vo

nt, laughing through his broken te

harder. "Where

ter stopped, hi

t to leave, he rasped. Da

but maybe you'll find

knocked the man out cold, hi

motions back under control. He had n

d hadn't made a sound through the entire fight, but now

his grip. "Wh

en, in a small, barel

e

ain neutral, even as something sha

epeated, we

Aston Martin parked just around the corner. His friend's driver, An

nside, keepi

Dante

car smoothly pulli

past, Dante finally looke

ill gripping the pendant. The on

xhaled.

y look

ce steady. Tell me

lace tighter. His lips parted, but for

id she'

re quiet and

gut twis

ing his gaze with the ch

owed, the

locked and do

en, finally, the b

N

exhale

people who had taken Leo thought the

ea who they we

. He would burn the w

hand curled

d, drooping but before he fell asleep, he w

idn't h

es

xed against him, tru

Da

s, he had a reason to destroy ev

a and God help the peo