ra

c was a fortress

gh-end medical facility that catered to the city's elite

ss doors, the heavy legal folder

ioned in the lobby imme

uming the Mafia Queen was jus

n desk and headed strai

opening to a heavil

fa near the security desk, stroking a s

er large brown eyes widening in

e carrying down the quiet corrido

falling to the animal, then back

," I sai

st. She glanced at the heavily ar

ounced, her voice trembling just enough to sound authentic

tably, and I could feel the

the security desk and dropped the thick

ike a gunshot i

ead guard. "Tell him to sign it so

the heavy oak door to Dante

dark suit impeccable,

idor, landing on the fold

losed the distance between us. He picked up

ered, his voice a low rumble. "Before you

e cat still in her arms. She

ing down at the floor. "I do not want to disrupt y

a sterile, secure medical zone?" I asked, m

shrank

ed at the estate

," Dante stated, steppi

with eyes that

low whispers about my lack of unde

ate, Seraphina," Da

ign the severance," I replied

bby. He snapped his fingers, gesturing to the head guard. "Dispose of that," he ordered, his eyes never leaving mine. The

the bin for

d over and bent down

t out a sharp gasp a

Dante!" she cried out. "

reached out and gr

ld her softly. "It i

security desk, leaving

aminated folder, and walked to

y voice loud enough to p

his face a mask

ty to find her a specialist," I said, staring right into hi

muscles in his

liver clean documents by

past his

assive mahogany desk, its paws trampl

d not ev

those paws touched. One day soon, I would use that very