Disguised to kill the mafia heir

cesa

eeks

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ine cut, I could pass for a man withou

t suspect

afford any mo

not after

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id, reckl

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to some glittering hellhole packed with sweat and l

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rd down like a

ly kept me up

s

deep and a touch that fried my

n bother to

ies colliding in the

way under the skin and whispered t

ng so erotic, so mindless, wi

ate

love

ed that I

woke up in some sle

the floor like the rem

hidden weapon before my brain d

of my thigh and his h

uined the momen

emember m

ut his hand, his

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here's no room for indul

esitate. Hesitatio

mission Mr. Edwards gave me two

s per

to avenge

*

ck- a w

musement, turning cold. "T

fr

he edges of the folder, the p

y purple eyes burni

an application to be a b

ogether. "The De Luca Syndicate is looking for new bod

fficial documents, the requirements, the fine print. The De Luc

allowed,"

will be in disguise." He leaned closer. "Now you have

ingers pressed harder into the paper, thre

y expression into something

his head slightly. "The

rds with one stone. I finally had a way in, and now t

ked, keeping my tone casual, but

r struggles, internal betrayals, typical underworld nonsense."

brewing inside me. "No," I admitted.

ered was

e man that ki

re in ag

older shut. "Wh

. You'll nee

sguising as a man won't be an issue. But they'll

t. All the things you excel at." His eyes gleamed with something like amusemen

t my palm, considering the

nd for you. As far as the Syndicate is concerned,

The memory of my sister's scream echoed in the b

tronge

heading fo

anc

ancing over

readable, but his voice wa

gged at my lips

*

sen

oved. All for this moment. I grabbed my car keys from the dresser. T

-

about to step into the belly of the beast. The guards flanking the entrance were dressed

hed. His gaze flickered over me, taking in the sharp lines of my disguise-

he dem

ntification card, passing i

nto the rougher, deeper tone I had practiced

re he gestured for another man to check the system. I kept my expression n

rst guard asked, no

hing but myself." A calculated lie.

uick pat-down. Finding nothing, they turned to the vehicle, opening the trunk, che

d returned, giving the f

n still unreadable. "Drive through. Park in the

ng up the window as I ea

h and power. Every inch of it screamed control,

eath had just walked th

parking area, shutting off

inst the stillness of the estate grounds. A suited escort was alr

said, without ev

y jacket, making sure ever

red secrets. Marble floors stretched endlessly beneath our feet, and po

applicants of different build were already seated, dres

in easily.

s drag

nerves. My fingers tapped once against my thigh

to being obeyed, shoulders squared like the military had

gin the interviews... the Heir of the D

he

inside the estate. The walls here were darker. Ve

us. One hand tucked in his pocket. T

shoulder and

way he stood. Someth

much of a c

uldn'

the thoug

he tu

ught. Just f

e he

rom two w

he owned my skin. The man whose m

k and burning with something I ne

to that collarbone. Felt him groan into

w here

e fucking De L

t to be k