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Chapter 15

Author: Naomi Harlow
Augusto and Silvia had just reached the apartment entrance. They hadn't even taken out the key card when several burly men emerged from the shadows. They blocked every exit and surrounded them.

The muscle memory carved into Silvia's body snapped awake. She tensed, lowered her center of gravity, and her right hand went to her waist on reflex. Her fingers touched only the soft cashmere of her coat.

She paused for a moment, bitterness welling up. She wasn't Assassin 001 anymore. She was just a regular student at Sanctvale Medical University.

Augusto didn't move back. He stepped in front of Silvia and spoke gently, "Don't be scared."

The men in front of them had that bloody edge to them, but the doctor, who was used to holding a scalpel, only cared about keeping her safe.

The door of the black Maybach opened. Dante stepped down into the soft snow and walked toward them at an unhurried pace.

As the Don of the Valenti family, he ignored Augusto completely and fixed his gaze on Silvia,
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    It was a one-sided slaughter.The heavy machine guns finally fell silent. Dante sagged into the blind corner behind an abandoned shipping container, filthy and rattled.The desperados he'd paid a fortune for lay scattered around him, bodies sprawled in every direction."Don't… Don't kill me! I'm innocent!"Lucia was shoved hard and dumped in the middle of the yard, gripping a large waterproof bag."Shut up!"Hundreds of soldati moved in with rifles fitted with suppressors, methodically clearing the area and opening a straight path through the wreckage.A Rolls-Royce rolled forward at a crawl and came to a stop about 30 feet from Dante. The car door opened, and someone stepped forward at once to hold an umbrella.The man inside emerged slowly, leaning on a snake-headed cane set with emerald. Gray showed at his temples, and he carried authority without ever raising his voice.It was Ignazio.Silvia lowered her gun, took Augusto's hand, and walked over to stand beside him. Her v

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    Three months later, Valenti Estate sat under a constant, suffocating tension. The maids moved through the halls on tiptoe, afraid that even the smallest sound would trigger Dante's rage.He was back.The bullet hadn't killed him, but it had blown through his shoulder blade and left permanent nerve damage. His right hand could no longer pull a trigger the way it once had.When the weather turned damp, the pain became unbearable. For someone who had spent years living on the edge of death, the damage was a hard blow.Even so, the hatred burning inside him outweighed the pain in his body beyond comparison."Don Valenti, we got word through the back channel. Donna, no, Ms. Silvia Serra booked a flight back next week. That man is with her."Dante sat in the shadows, turning Silvia's personal M1906 over in his hand. His strikingly handsome face had been sharpened into something vicious by months of gloom and weight loss."Then, they're not leaving. They want to get married and live a

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    Sanctvale went dead quiet after the shot.The Valenti family's soldati snapped out of their shock, forming up around Dante and helping him back into the car. The street was left with nothing but messy tire tracks and streaks of blood.Silvia held the gun up until the car was gone around the corner. Then, her strength gave out, and her body swayed.Back at the apartment, the heat was cranked up, but Silvia's hands stayed cold.She sat on the couch, watching Augusto move with practiced ease. He pulled out the first-aid kit and tended to the scraped skin on the back of her hand from the fight earlier.The room went stiff and airless, and she avoided his eyes.She knew the shot she'd fired hadn't just shattered Dante's illusions. It had torn down the front she'd kept intact with Augusto.Silvia decided to tell him everything, even if she was throwing the ending to the wind."I'm sorry. I scared you, didn't I? This is the real me. Those scars you saw before weren't from some employe

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