ery door, cameras monitoring every angle, and yet, Aria

trike against the Rossi's warehouse ope

war before it reac

rld, peace was a

Betr

urveillance monitors flicker. Leo was safe upstairs wit

usted underboss, entered, h

ou to stay alert

ou think the Ross

at didn't reach his eyes. "They're des

ng in his t

nstincts

t his composure, but the sinking feeling only grew as Giovan

anted me in the control room,

ned. "Change of plans.

to ice. "What are

ers from someone much higher than Lorenzo. The R

orld

she gasped, struggling

It's survival. Valentini's losin

her another step, a cold, letha

off her, Giova

re

hall, gun drawn, fury radia

at, then loosened as he raised his hand

ward. His gun never wavered. "I trusted you

i's jaw, sending him sprawling. Aria stumbled bac

" Lorenzo growled an

choed like a

d to the marble

ace a mixture of relief and l

trembling. "He said the Rossis wanted Leo and

always a snake. But he was thei

eaking

ased the guard rotation, doubled security, a

ul silence, Aria found Lorenzo in his private office,

rest," she

unreadable. "I can't afford to re

ilt and rage behind his carefully controlle

ter. "Alone is al

ed, her fingers brushing against hi

of the past, the betrayals, the en

," he said, voice

't," she

te, searing kiss. It wasn't soft or tentative-it was a collisi

f anchoring himself. Aria responded with equal fervor, her fingers clut

nzo's phone shattered

e pulling away, checking the scre

mants. They're trying to negot

isted. "You can't

es blazing. "But I'll send them