ena

m thickened until the air fel

rom his composure, and he leaned back in his chair, tracking Ro

sed with you?" he murm

ystal chandelier

osture went rigid, her hand drifting ins

are you sayin

t talking about your work ethic. I

eak knife, and in her distraction, the blade slipped a

e first-aid

ossed the room and seized Rosa's wrist, inspecting the wo

ispered, her eyes

ed down at her until her sho

icate kept stocked for gunshot wounds. When I returned, Dominic fina

my lap. I cleaned the cut, applied antiseptic, wrappe

inner passed in su

ey drank glass after glass of whiskey in grim silence until Dominic pushed himself

shoulder and escorted the Do

sses and wiping down the table. When I bent to retrieve a napkin near the

Falcone crest in the center, su

velvet box Dominic had given me hours earlie

wless

tones, and the truth settled

accessory he'd picked up to comp

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