Disguised to kill the mafia heir

cesa

d of stiff that coiled beneath your

in low tones. The bastard didn't even look our way. He

i

ad the chance. Right after he made m

aw t

utted him. slowly and lovingly. Maybe hummed a lul

in the files? No way a face l

het

hen the older man turned bac

d

the blade coiled beneath my skin. The heir's gaze swept ac

e'd fucked in the dark. His

wn contacts. If he saw my real

f him now was nothi

ng for it. This wasn't the man who dragged my back up a wall wit

your spine straighten. C

on. If I hadn't seen the wild twist of his mouth when he was under me a

had se

s face contorted when he growled. Just hands, mouths, hips collidi

... her

, speaking to us like we were

the Heir said, voice flat with disdain. "You're not here

so sure no one would be s

ant b

u a taste of what being a bodyguard in th

tugged at his mouth, but it was

it as

e walk

ide us snapped hi

ollo

nd into a garden so massive,

ense. A living fortres

re was no seeing the

ood near th

d see what we were really made of. His eyes

idn

han he should have, then gave a subtle

nly sound until it disappeared into nothi

l grit and menace

gravel-coated, "is called

ates beside the gate. Inside were old, worn swi

for the test. A blade

ted, glancing

," he continued. "Make it to one, survive,

of us, like he was sizing

ve the maze. Reac

sim

n this place was ev

One wrong turn, and the maze'll sl

ere are traps. False paths. You get

swallowe

in," he finished, eyes locking on me for half a beat

xed over the k

h, then lifted his head and ba

ke that

o the gaping mouth of the maze. I stepped in behind them, my

t pulsed

ever was. But the thrill, the rush of danger pumping alongside the quiet

ts, desperate to find the "right" way. Fools. Thi

allow me. My footwear crunched softly on the gravel. Th

his guard was down. But I wasn't that reckless. I'd felt his power, his force,

lities? I sur

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k echoed thr

d toward it like

e scent hit me before I even saw i

n the ground, twisted and still, soaked in re

e

smirk and a smoking barrel in