The Collateral Bride's Final Eternal Sleep

me six months to live when I heard m

ho had buried three rival Bosses before his thirtieth birt

ircle," he said, his voice a low, possessive rasp

ral weight.

protect me when we were children, pressed her

illion times easier," Rosa whispe

ed around the medical report-Somnus Decay, termina

I didn't scream or cry o

tched over this blood-soaked Family, and took the firs

pte

ena

s than a prayer card but

Syndicate's underground medical archives. The nerves would degrade by slow degrees until

y alone, until I reached the iron gates of the Falcone estate. I came to the old oak in the courty

when I he

undred soldiers and controlled every dock on the eastern seaboar

fragile sister," Rosa said, her

le of the Syndicate. She str

his hand dropped. Dominic didn't even flinch. He pulled her against his chest and his fingers p

into her hair. "Drop the collatera

fell

me to a rival faction because of my weak heart. Rosa had grabbed a steel pipe and stood between me

ng rings. She laundered money through shell companies and front businesses, e

e most dangerous man in New York, she wh

t my chest and smiled through

peace. Even if it meant removing

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