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Sedated Donna, Awakened Heart of Stone Chapter 9
Poisoned, Julian twisted on the floor.With his last ounce of strength, he gritted his teeth and pulled a dagger from his boot.“To hell with you!” he roared, lunging at me.The tip of the blade was inches from my eye.BANG!The gunshot was deafening.Julian froze.A hole appeared in the center of his forehead.Hot blood sprayed onto my white dress, blooming like a dark red flower.His massive body collapsed at my feet.I had been expecting it, but I still flinched.A jacket smelling of fir wrapped around me.Cassian strode forward from behind and pulled me into his arms.His warm palm covered my eyes, shielding me from the carnage on the floor.“Don’t look.” His chest was heaving, his voice trembling with relief.I leaned against his chest, listening to the thunder of his heart.I grew up in the life. I wasn't some fragile mob princess.But watching the man I once loved with all my heart die in front of me… it sent a chill to my fingertips.I took a deep breath and pulled his hand awa
Sedated Donna, Awakened Heart of Stone Chapter 8
For days, the Chicago underworld was on a knife’s edge.Word was on the street: Cassian was going to war with the Marchetti family.Their crews were already shooting at each other over territory.Two weeks later.Night fell. The Vieri estate’s security system let out a short, sharp alarm.I was standing by the living room window, a glass of red wine in my hand.A dark figure slipped past the patrol guards and climbed through a window from the garden’s blind spot.The man was panting, his expensive suit covered in mud.He was older, haggard, a beard shadowing his face. The once-powerful boss looked like a stray dog.It was Julian.He stumbled towards me and pulled a small, sealed metal box from his coat.The sharp, chemical smell hit me instantly.“What is that?” I took a step back.“The thing in Chloe’s belly.” His eyes were bloodshot, his voice like sandpaper. Pure madness. “A fully-formed, dead fetus. I cut it out of her myself. No anesthetic.”My stomach turned. I swiped my hand, kn
Sedated Donna, Awakened Heart of Stone Chapter 7
“She’s not dying?” Julian’s eyes darted between the man on the floor and Cassian. His voice trembled. “That’s impossible. I saw the bone marrow report myself.”The goon on the floor, his kneecaps shattered, let out a sick laugh.“The street ambush was a setup,” he spat, along with a mouthful of blood. “Chloe wanted your face and your power. She changed the plan last minute, played the victim. The woman’s strong as an ox. That brain tumor report? She paid your private doctor a hundred grand for it.”Julian’s face went white.He stumbled back, hitting the metal bed rail.The great debt he was repaying, the cruelty he’d shown me for this woman… it was all a fucking joke.Cassian gave him no time to breathe.“Sign.” Cassian threw the divorce papers and a pen at Julian’s feet. “Or I hand this evidence to the Commission. How long you think it’ll take for them to put a hit out on you, stuff you in a barrel, and drop you in the lake?”Julian stared at the papers on the floor.He looked up, his
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Cassian’s thumb lingered at the corner of my eye.He sighed, then pulled his hand away.“Just a few years… and he did this to the girl I put on a pedestal.” His eyes fell to my bandaged feet, his voice sinking. “That was a hard lesson. You rest. I’ll handle the rest.”Suddenly, there was a commotion outside.A man in a black suit pushed open the door and whispered something to Cassian.“Let him in.” Cassian’s laugh was cold.The door flew open.Julian stormed in, bringing the chill of the outside with him.His eyes locked on me instantly, filled with that same desperate concern that I used to fall for.“Valeria, come here.” He held out his hand, his voice soft, like he was coaxing a runaway child.I leaned back against the headboard. Just looking at that face made me want to vomit.When I didn’t move, Julian’s face darkened. He turned to Cassian on the sofa.“Sticking your nose in another man’s family business. Holding his wife.” Julian sneered. “Cassian, that’s against the code. Besid
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The rain was a blur.A pair of custom leather shoes, caked in mud, stopped in a puddle.A jacket fell over my shaking shoulders. It smelled of fir and tobacco.Cassian crouched down.No wasted words. He swept an arm under me and lifted me into his arms.The bloody mud soaked through his expensive shirt. He didn’t even flinch.The car door slammed shut, sealing out the cold.He pulled out a black silk handkerchief and gently wiped the blood from my face.His touch was restrained, impossibly light.“All this… for a man with no honor.” He let out a cold laugh, his voice like ice. “Valeria. You regret it yet?”I opened my mouth, but no sound came out. Then, darkness.The next day.The sharp sting of antiseptic woke me.My eyes shot open.I was in the top-floor suite of a private hospital.A line of doctors in white coats knelt by my bed.Cassian was slouched on a leather sofa, long legs crossed.He was spinning a Glock in his hand, casual.“Give her three more hours.” The barrel of the gun
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Looking at the tools in the Matron's hands, all I could think about was Nina's words: "underground lockup."No one who went into the Commission's underground lockup came out alive.Julian wants the Vieri family completely wiped out.I closed my eyes and swallowed the blood in my throat."I was wrong," I said, my voice shaking. I had no other choice. "I'll apologize to Chloe."The Matron's lips curled into a smile."If you'd realized that sooner, you could have saved yourself some pain."She lifted her chin. Guards hauled in crates of vodka. Smashed the bottles right on the concrete.A thirty-foot-long hallway was now covered in sharp, broken glass."The Boss said you have to walk this path to prove you're truly sorry," the Matron said with a gesture. "On your knees. Crawl."The straps came off. I slid from the chair.The second my feet hit the ground, the pain was blinding.I bit my lip and dropped to my knees.Glass shards instantly pierced the cloth of my pants, digging into my flesh
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