Love X Betrayal

hitting pavement, but inside the smooth dark SUV that moved through the city , everything was

ng no emotion. He ran a business built on violence and intimidation, and tonight was business as usual. His eyes dark and keen, scanned t

le second-in-command and chauffeur, said fr

et often proved his strongest weapon. He shut the folder with a faint thump and peered out the window. The

icy as the rain hitting the glass. Vince nodded once. Sp

ideal spot for Dante's line of work. As the vehicle halted, Dante fixed the cuffs of his custom-made black suit. The outfit, like every aspect of his

in struck his face, but he didn't react. Nothing affected him.

making long spooky shadows across the room. A man sat tied to a chair in the middle, his face blo

.. please... I

about begging. The man had robbed him-cash narcotics, it didn't matter. What c

huge empty warehouse. He paused in front of the man st

and vanish?" Dante spoke almost in a

t was a mistake... I'll p

g the man stop talking. "Yo

ld and familiar in his hand, like part of him. He pointed it at the man's hea

ready to shoot any intruder. His gaze focused as someone en

s a w

knots around her face, and her eyes-big and alarmed-locked with Dante's showing both dread and bewilderment. Sh

ante's voice cut through

and a man tied up and beaten in front of him. She tried to spe

to interrupt. I... I got lost,

accident. This area of the city lay abandoned, a place you discovered i

n New York's most dangerous neighborhood, during a st

t tighter, though it failed to conceal her drench

no idea how I ended up here. I ju

er. She was either not telling the truth or stupid. Regard

ir saw his opportunity. With a desperate noise, he jumped

nd threw him back into the chair. The impact shook the whol

ake," Dante sai

ll forward, dead, with blood forming a pool under him. The sound

th fear as she saw what happened. She stepped back,

aze icy and unyielding. "You