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A Kiss Like a Threat

Author: Scarlet Witch
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-22 10:59:27

The glass slipped from her hand, shattering on the marble floor.

For a breath, the ballroom went utterly still, the only sound the thin, crystalline echo of glass fragments rolling underfoot. Then came the whispers—sharp, urgent, a ripple of scandal through velvet and silk.

Valentina’s knees buckled. Dante’s hand caught her before she hit the ground, ir

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    Gunfire split the night wide open.The courtyard erupted in light and thunder, muzzle flashes sparking against marble, stone shattering as bullets tore into the walls. Rain slicked the ground into black glass, turning every step into a gamble.Dante moved like a wolf through fire — fast, brutal, precise. His pistol barked twice, dropping a guard before the man’s finger could even tighten on the trigger. Another came from his flank, and Dante pivoted, knife flashing, blood hot across his knuckles.Valentina was there at his shoulder, her coat snapping like a banner in the rain. She fired steady, deliberate, each shot a breath, each breath a choice. Twice she pulled him back, covering his blind side with a flash of steel. Their movements weren’t rehearsed, but they flowed like they’d been written together long before

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    The map stretched across the table like a battlefield already drawn in ink. Black marks scarred Cruz’s holdings, red circles bled across the places Dante and Valentina had already cut into him. The casino. The docks. His smuggling routes.Now only the heart remained.Dante stood over the map, sleeves rolled, his hands braced against the wood. Valentina was at his side, her stiletto heels clicking softly as she leaned closer, her eyes tracing the lines with sharp precision.“This is it,” Marco muttered from the far side of the table, exhaustion heavy in his voice. “Cruz is cornered. But cornered men fight hardest.”Dante’s gaze didn’t waver from the map. “Then we make sure he doesn’t fight for long.”Valentina reached out, her

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