Aurora flinched as if the words had struck her harder than the slap had. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I-I never wanted you to get caught up in this.”Gianna’s scream was jagged. “You keep doing this over and over again! You brought all this hell down on us when we were supposed to be free! You promised
His head snapped around, hand brushing against the door to push it open. Right as he stepped back into the suite, he could already tell from Mikhail’s men, and his own, that something had happened.They forced a semi-circle around the couch where Gianna was. One of them—Romero—reached forward to gra
Dominic POVDominic stood near the window of the hotel room’s bedroom while he stared down at the street below, watching the cars roll by lazily as the sun began to set.The faint rumble of Mikhail’s men talking in the living area carried through the thin walls. Their presence wasn’t necessary now t
My stomach twists.Hopefully that means Romero and Marco have been successful with extracting Gianna.“Hold them off! No! Pull everyone back to—”Whatever’s said next makes him fall silent, recoiling as if he’s been shot right in the chest. His mouth drops open but no sound comes out of him. I pray
Aurora POVThe man’s grip is crushing my arm as he squeezes to keep hold of me, fingers digging so deep I know there’ll be bruises later of his handprint. I thrash wildly, screaming at the top of my lungs, but it’s useless.“Let me go!” I shriek, kicking out while my shoes scrape uselessly against t
Aurora POVThe sound of gunfire is deafening.It’s not like in the movies where it’s a few quick cracks and it’s over. Reality is sharp cracks that reverberate through the air, each one punctuated by shouts and the crash of overturned tables. The metallic stench of blood already clinging to my throa