BLOOD, MONEY AND MOONLIGHT

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ned sharp. This wasn't some lookalike illusion, some shapeshifter mimicry. I

er behind a collapsing pillar just as another explosion lit up the orchestra pit like a hellmouth. His tuxedo

g your scent

fury crashing through

ile was a blade slipped be

ng out-sweet, delicate, and laced with venom.

ISTING

ntical honey-blonde updo remained pristine, her emerald gown flowing around her like envy

ent from Alessia: the silver hea

r's l

k the night the rogues attacked. The night they were both torn apar

sia's own, down to the rasp, the smoky elegan

he weight of it. Silver-tipped. Nero had pressed it into

lessia's fangs split her gums, bl

o be Alpha. Funny how life always surprises us." Her smile widened,

sia

ss Vermeer. Paint and plaster rained like dust

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s dress shirt flared open as he moved, revealing more of those infernal runes-snaking up his collarbones

st as her fingers closed

ger. "Blowing up my favorite Monet is one thing

s pers

nee shot

ct sent him staggering backward into Alessia. His bl

reamed in r

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etonated i

tossed her hair-Alessia's hair-and stepped back into s

his breath warm against her ear. "Darling, if

third bul

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ero move

t tore through his shoulder instead of his heart. The impact snapped bone. His gasp-

htning. Like thund

e h

or crumbled beneath them. "Oops," she

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kne

filled the ruined elevator shaft they'd fallen into-rich, syrupy, wrong. She coul

breathing shallow. His blood po

e her mind cleared. "You knew," sh

. His eyes, fever-glazed, burn

uspe

e mate

mug all at once. "That was

into flesh. "The runes. They're

erly-and guided it down his chest, where her

d into his skin glowed

hained to

was a whisper, more confession than boast. "My fa

lsed once-th

is shoulder hissed, the silv

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ira's voice e

silver's in his bloods

IA'S

n't time

a, end this game before it devoured

secrets, yes-but he also had answers. Power.

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a

u," she

angs split

ng wound to Nero's lip

Then his eyes rolled back-and

t and Alpha-strong, poured into his mouth like a

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er. The

rst time, her

Contin