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ars honking, people chatting, the faint smell o

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voice called. He wore sunglasses, h

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she quickly brought out her

ith wild tattoos all over, the kind

slipped fr

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ed in his hand as one

he lady

beat, he di

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people who could cross him came to

the woman you claim to lo

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t wasn't Kelvin he didn't have

dn't trace an

g against the marble floor. Red wine and bloo

oom f

h to make the air heavy. "Every street, every van, eve

eported, already pale. "We picked up the van on CCTV for only a second.

e knew that kind of effi

and man, said carefully, "

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golden child of their

Dante was forced to train in silence

down his face. "He's been waiting for a reason

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e eastern docks since Father died. I refused. If he can't beat me in negotiation, he'

ight not just be a message, b

the sound sharp. "He thinks he c

o the Russians. So he can be trafficking young girl

ere a large painting of his

man," he murmured. "And

n his palm where the glass had cut deep. The pain grounded h

from the harbor. I want eyes everywhere. If Enzo tou

eflection flickering in the window. For a

you'd protect

the thou

nymore," he said under h

, "what if Enzo reaches out? Maybe this

about to learn that deals made in

swinging open as his convoy waited outside b

ts slicing through the night as

toria's in more danger than she

.

ackroom of a cargo dock, a

d on his finger the

" Enzo murmured with a cold grin. "