Mated To The Dark One

nowingly stepped into something far murkier than I'd anticipated. Sure, maybe there was a reasonable explanation for why Detective Teodoro didn't recognize the name Fosco. It cou

I fell back ag

scale nightclub right when they're desperate for a high-paying job? If I'd been thinking clearly, I would've lumped Fosco in with Santa Claus and

my palms to my cheeks and

ing illegal. You're serving drinks and making a killing in

han I ever had working full-time between the convenience store, the food market, and that awful deliv

l now. But this new feeling had very little to do with cocktails or customers and everyth

crush. Still, I couldn't help it.

she finished brushing shimmering powder across her golden-brown skin. Her twin, Lelia, stood beside her. I

med open and one of the girls burst in, squealing. She twir

I asked, raising

xchanged identical

ing to the short, blonde girl still bouncing i

or weeks," Lelia added. "Looks like he

floor?"

irs," Lucilla explained. "Most o

rities? Do famous

shrug. "More likely it's a

k so blissed out. Like they just came down from a

"You think... they

his place is strict alcohol only. Ermes an

hat are you

and inserted herself into the conversat

"Congrats, Gelsomina. You f

rred, a hand fluttering

words left my mouth be

ing. "I want Gosto. I want h

lackened

. "Agostino Santini. Some girls overhea

. Possessiveness. I didn't even know the man, but the idea of he

Sorry to break it to you, sweetheart, but a man like

nt of me protectively.

ed, "Domitilla is

ked. "

a. "They did a special recruitment, and she was the o

ressed a hand over my mouth bef

he warned. "Domitilla

her eyes. She pointed a finger, muttered s

ked, the moment she was gone.

it's fun. And now she won't t

every fiber of me k

e Gosto had stood the night we first locked eyes. He wasn't

Lucilla whispered,

n't s

d. "You're

be. A

Honestly, if he were illegal,

'm doing. It's just... that night, he look

"Now I don't feel bad fo

hy

Because you're drop-dead gorgeous. Those green eyes? Tha

ushed. "Thank

Then her voice cut off. Her eyes lift

as t

eaking to a tall man with blond hair. His

"Holy fuck! He's

g hungry and bold. And just like that, Gelsomina st

to rip he

itil

d. Ermes.

nto my hands and smirked. "Take th

That bast

irs. My knees were shaking. My heart was in my throat. I made i

take

e, snatching the tray and givin

el tw

d for th

la

s fa

idn't hit

mething solid, and an arm

me

smirking. "Well.

pounding. M

tood with my tray, sm

ething

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ght at the massive crystal chandeli

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