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her pace. The city was quieter in the early morning, the

as she reac

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on his lips, but it

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shaking his head. "Not yet. Bu

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meeting his gaze. "If you ha

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murmured. "You have n

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ther long moment before t

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penthouse, Dante Moret

age flickered

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had made

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for his gun, c

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as his second-in-co

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