LOGINChapter 93Nina’s POVThe silence in the room felt suffocating. I kept staring at the blood trail on the floor. Small red drops. Each one made my stomach twist tighter. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking.Then I heard slow, heavy boots on the stairs.Dante came down.His right hand was wrapped in a dirty white cloth, but blood had already soaked through. Fresh drops fell from his fingers with every step. In his other hand, he carried a thick stack of money. Neat bands of hundred-dollar bills. More cash than I had ever seen in one place.He stopped at the bottom of the stairs. His eyes met mine. They looked tired. Hurt. Empty.No one said a word.Dante walked straight to me and dropped the stack on the small table beside the couch. It landed with a heavy thud. A few bills shifted loose. The smell of fresh paper mixed with the sharp, metallic scent of his blood.“That’s your payment,” he said. His voice was rough, like it hurt to speak. “Full amount. Take it.”I stared at the money. My thro
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Chapter 92Nina’s POVMy grin felt shaky on my face, like it didn’t belong there. Debt free. The words tasted sweet for half a second. I pictured myself back in my old apartment, books open on the table, no more guns, no more running, no more waking up scared every night. Just normal life. Med school. Coffee that didn’t taste like fear.But Dante didn’t smile back. He stayed across the room, arms crossed tight over his chest. His jaw looked locked. “Full payment, yes,” he said, voice low. “But debt free? That’s not how this works anymore, Nina.”My grin slipped away. I tried to sit up straighter. Pain flared across my burns and I hissed through my teeth. The warm towel on my stomach slid a little. “What do you mean?” I asked. My voice came out smaller than I wanted.Enzo leaned forward in his chair. He was still pressing a cloth to his bleeding arm. His face looked tired. “You think Sabina is just going to let you walk away? She knows your face. She knows your voice. She knows you wer
Chapter 91Nina’s POVSabina leaned closer. Her perfume wrapped around me like too-sweet candy. She smiled that slow smile again and snapped her fingers at the two big guys standing by the door. “Check her again,” she said. “Make sure she doesn’t have any more toys hidden.”One of the men stepped forward. His boots thudded heavy on the wooden floor. He grabbed my wrist a little too rough and ran his hands down my arms. The towel slipped off my chest. Cold air hit my skin. I flinched and tried to cover myself, but his grip stayed tight.“Boss, she’s clean,” he grunted.Sabina waved him off. “Good. Now get the drive hooked up downstairs. I want to see what’s on it before we move her.” She turned back to me and brushed a wet strand of hair off my forehead. Her fingers felt too warm. “You’ve caused me a lot of trouble, kitten. But I still like you. We could have been good together.”I didn’t answer. My heart was pounding so loud I could hear it in my ears. The burns on my thighs stung eve
Chapter 90Nina’s POVMy hands wouldn’t stop shaking. I stared at my empty palm like it might lie to me. Nothing. Just cold skin and a few flakes of snow melting on my fingers. The flash drive was gone.“Oh god,” I whispered. My voice cracked. “It’s gone. I lost it.”Dante’s arms tightened around me. His chest was still pressed tight to mine, warm and solid under the open coat. “Hey. Hey, kitten. Look at me.” His voice was low, steady, but I heard the edge in it. He cupped my face with one big hand, thumb brushing my cheek. His touch felt hot against my frozen skin. “Breathe. We’ll find it.”I shook my head fast. Tears burned my eyes and spilled over. “I had it the whole time. Through the fall. Through everything. And now… now it’s just gone.” My whole body started trembling harder. The burns on my shoulders and thighs screamed every time I moved. The snow under us felt like needles on my bare legs. I patted the ground around us, frantic, fingers digging into the cold powder. Nothing
Chapter 89Nina’s POVWe hit like a truck.The snow exploded around us in a white blast. Dante’s body slammed into the ground first, taking every bit of the impact so I stayed on top. My teeth rattled. Pain shot through my burns like fire ants biting every inch of my skin. The cold snow stung the raw spots worse than the hot water had. I gasped for air, but it felt like someone had punched me in the chest.Dante groaned under me. His arms were still locked tight around my back. “You alive, kitten?” he rasped. His voice was rough, right against my ear. I could feel his chest rising and falling fast. His heart hammered like mine.I tried to nod. My throat felt tight. “I… I think so.” My legs were still wrapped around his waist. Even now, with snow everywhere and bullets cracking in the distance, I felt him. Hard. Thick. Pressed right between my thighs. The fall had shifted the coat wide open. Cold air hit my bare skin, but his heat burned through his pants. My body reacted without askin
Chapter 46Nina’s POV The auctioneer’s gavel hovered mid-air. Thirty million going once. My eyes stayed squeezed shut. Stage lights seared through my eyelids like branding irons. The crowd’s roar pressed against my skull, a living thing hungry for blood. I waited for the final strike. For the
Chapter 45 Nina’s POV The champagne flute cracked in my hand like brittle bone. Golden liquid splashed across marble in shimmering arcs, pooling around my strappy heels. Heat roared through me humiliation, rage, old shame all crashing together until my vision tunneled. I forced a breath. In.
Chapter 44 Nina’s POV “No no, you have to change!” The voice—low, commanding, laced with barely restrained heat—froze me mid-stride. Crimson satin swirled around my legs like liquid fire as I spun. Nikolai stood framed in the doorway, golden-hazel eyes devouring me in one unguarded heartbea
Chapter 43 Nina’s POV My heart jolted like a live wire when the bang echoed through the door. The wood rattled in its frame, and I froze mid-step, fingers still hovering over the emerald gown I had tossed aside. “Don’t you dare waste our time,” a voice growled from the hallway. Dante. His







