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ttle to soften the sharp
ed to destroy you.* It was the kind of confession that left you breathless, that made yo
heat and stolen kisses. Not when the Moret
hone
mber. Just
e. Watch your ba
r her-Leo. Her childhood friend turned fugitive.
ng under her skin. She hadn't heard from Leo in y
ess
someone inside this hous
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ueprints and black-market arms reports. The Solari chess piece ha
ept reappearin
rt. Thought dead. Now possibly resu
and reaching for Aria... it wasn't j
is alias," he told his tech chief. "If he s
one takes
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nd Dante's most trusted inner circle. Candles flickered between gold-rimm
ng wine, never too much. But she could feel it-the silence between he
leaned close. "You'
whispered back,
"Don't make me choose between pr
at's not a threat you
table a cousin chuck
ante replied, eyes
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f the estate, mostly abandoned. She followed her instincts, retra
f a statue. Codes. Routes. And
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n the Moretti family knew.
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back and fled, heart h
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um of hidden lights and the faint rise and fall
hed a thousand pounds. Not with ef
hest heaving slightly. "
ough to suspect betrayal. Not l
ed. "You think
. "But I think someone wa
o anyone giving her the benefit of the doubt
d me," she murmure
d a brow. "
grew up together. After my father died, he disappeared.
ous. "Or maybe he knew someth
retched be
d: "What if your father's death wasn't a Solari hit
h twisted.
. "And Leo s
he table behind her, fury rising beneath the fea
. "That's what we're goi
nderstanding passing between
and brushe
fleeting. Reve
tory," he whispered. "But sometimes the monster is the
art hammering, her pulse screaming, an
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s second-in-command, Luca, to t
We expose the traitor. But quietl
Luca asked
. "She stays close. If Leo's alive
if he
"Then he walks into the
ekindles (A
dress draped over the bed. Midnight blue. Back
d herself for how much she w
dn't dis
r with practiced control but something in his jaw ticked. His f
through the meal, she asked, "If this marria
look
" he
lowed ha
n't have trusted
was worse
voice caught her. "But I w
rned s
m his seat, walking toward her with slow, deliberate steps. "Ruined you. W
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