hia

Falcone estate swung open

n the courtyard, the sound of gr

ol night air, my legs fee

steps of the main entrance. A girl's intimate, breathless giggl

and my breath caught as a petite,

i

e launched herself into his arms. He caught her

chest, a pantomime of a crea

up and saw me st

lculated whimper and shr

home?" she asked, her voice

p on her waist, pulling h

the top of

ipping with a tenderness that had once belo

d his ga

ished, replaced by the unf

re to pack he

for a moment all I could hear was th

fehouse in the northern suburbs

grand parlor win

, we stood in t

sworn on his life that this fo

d hoarsely, my throat thick wi

nt's entrance, refusing h

ominic ca

, my spi

banquet hall tonight," he said. "You wi

at him, disbelief a

s facade," he stated coldly,

ood in the hallway

alked out of my

ade heirloom gown that had been tailo

s diamond choker Dominic had gifte

ant curve of her lips that entirel

was filled with dangerous men and a

s gripping the heavy silk of h

ed for her, offering respec

to me, their expressio

rs over the clinking

k at

carded

warm a Soldi

f a band of iron were bei

ped away into the quiet corr

n door open slightly, se

rom the adjacent

nic and his

re?" the Consigliere asked, h

out a low, a

aid, his words slicing through the heavy air. "S

match, followed by the

ly in the shadows for m

ot break. It s

, the Omerta of my love,

away fro

idor, my mind clear and resolved

n my path, her timid facade

, she raised her han