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view mirror hoping I could make something ou

ng to figure out her mood before

thing in

I even s

way. Or maybe... ever s

t, fragile woman I dragged out of that prison six years ago. The wo

ro and was given a choice to either lose her li

was someone else. Someone

th her, to stop her, she had made up he

t and that's exactly why I needed to s

d as she stared out the window, the wind tuggin

want to say, Vin?" she

ut she knew. She always

from her brutal Mafia training. Training that nearly

y doesn't look like she

t to talk about it yet," I replie

nted to stare at her. Yeah, I've grown too fond of her sometimes it felt like, maybe because she h

could open her door, she was already out. I j

she teased. "We're home. No o

ob. But I'd let my guard down, just a little, because it was h

this," I muttered, clearin

was about to say next. "So... what di

hose d*mn dimples.

that later. I thin

led wine into the car," I said. "You know you can't hold you

since that was the only way she could clear her head. The elevator doors sli

aled

as it so hot a

with her... Beside her without a single word. Around monsters, I was ruthless. I was D

ith h

kitten with a bite

renzo's wife. And I... I was just her body

osed to watch her. Protect

tay silently

lted and she lo

fell. She didn't even move

rs as I stared at her. S

to my arms. Her dress flowed

much when she knew sh

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loved tha

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pened. I stepped out

h

ed like a dying eng

iou

oise was coming f

same

ost l

rned away, clutching the pillow to her

, my phon

Don Ale

, letting the cool evening air

came his voice, a low, gra

roof since I was ten. I literally spent twenty years of my life as his lap dog, he trusted me more tha

orry,

a' because in the Mafia, it

e barely above a whisper but sha

nning something with her ex-husband. I don't

ld picture him, his jaw tight, fin

She's the only tie we have left to Marco's family line and remin

rstand,

I saw it in her eyes. Find out what she's planning

me, I've got it

without another

prised, it w

tur

letely

tanding righ

adable. The moonlight painting her in silver and my heart hit a

he never heard my dis

d softly, my voice steady t

then looked straight at

pulling back. "Yeah. Just P

abbed a bottle of water, and dra

ay? After the wine, I fi

's a little heavy... but I'

ing her, she wouldn't be fal

gently on her forehead, but my eyes,

tay clear headed!. I

lted her face up, meeting my gaze wi

said softly. "Can you

ha

d out before I

nother realm. The thought that ran

side, exposing the smooth,

me con

p me. I cr

... what

t," she said,

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the door c

sliced thro

ound, my eye

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he shadows like a g

posed to be b

m me like I'd turned i