But could he cause chaos right here? In front of her? She loved this job so much that she'd instead turn down a higher-paying one to stick to what he considered the most stressful job._Rather stay two weeks without a raid than do this._Her company reached forward and wiped a tear from her lash to which, in response, she gave him her infamous smile, except this time it was genuine.Adler's finger slowly trailed away from the gun; her sad smile was genuine, so this dude wasn't a threat; he felt relieved; there would be no rough handling in front of her.But now, instead of rage, hot jealousy engulfed him, watching them hold hands.Fine, call him insecure, but it was hard for nobody else to notice what had drawn him to her. But what had drawn him to her? What made him see the halo above her head? It seemed brighter every damn time they tried to taint her name.Her eyes fell on him, and she squinted, looking unsure at first, even arranging her glasses, and seeing he had been caught alr

[SALVATORE]If he had to be honest, he was avoiding Lily as much as he could, and it seemed she had noticed, for she also gave him his space.Salvatore ran his hand over the bandage Adler had made him wrap around his ankle. He sighed; the Boss was going out of his way to make his lie genuine.That he had been limping around Lily for three days straight was proof of it. Most of the times he met her, she was being brought back from work by Rune, for Adler had been so busy he was rarely at the manor.One could even say everything had returned to normal, Boss Domenico seemed to have forgotten about Lily, and Eva only came out in the evenings; there was no more confrontation.But today, he stood up from the bed, putting on his crucifix and running his fingers through his hair; he was ready to see her again. His apologies were in a brown wrapper, a result of spending hours in the Library.If she forgave him, she might be sharing his private spot again. He slipped his cell phone into his poc

The idea of waiting when one was in danger had to hold one of the most thorough fears. The terror seemed to be eating me from inside, my breath wavered, and each time I tried to whisper prayers, I busted into tears.Sitting with my arms around my knee, my chin pressed against it, my eyes wide open in the darkness, waiting and hoping for something, anything.I could hear Salvatores phone continuously ringing in the car, and I prayed in my head for it to just stay silent.When the sound of another car stopped close to mine, I covered my mouth with my palm. To make matters worse, the stench of the boot was getting to me; it smelled of blood and rotting pieces of flesh."Shit," I heard my pursuer curse, I knew his head was poked into the opened window of the car, but his footsteps couldn't be heard again. I blinked in the car, was he gone? Was he not?It's been more than twenty minutes being in the place, and my clothes were drenched from the sweat, and each sound I heard against the car,

[ADLER]Nothing gave him a thrill like hunting alone, and that the hunt had a reason was just satisfactory, like the reason for the stench filling the car he rolled into the Bratva's domain.Although the rage hadn't yet subsided, especially when the thought that if he was a few more minutes late, something would have happened to her had his hands tightened around the steering wheel harder than was needed.It was her voice, filtering from the speaker, that had him temporarily paralyzed, unable to move for seconds, but then like everything that had to do with her, the next minute, had him jumping into the car on a highway to either hell or her.He reached her, yet the anxiety of what might have occurred continued to strike him unexpectedly.He stopped the car, in the den he was in, there were fewer men in the compound than he had hoped there would be; surprised and on alert, he stepped out of the car, looking up and around him, seeing the figures in the dark, he smiled _Thought so_He

[ADLER]—"Adler," He heard Priest's voice behind him, and he frowned; what did one need to give to get alone time in the damn Manor, "Your father has been looking for you,"His added pressure to the little blue orb he was working on on the paper; seeing he had created smudges, he glared at Priest, only to see Rune behind him too.He ignored them, focusing on the grotesque image."Adler, what are you doing?" Priest's voice cut in, "Are you drawing?""No," he snapped just so they left; how could he have forgotten to lock the door, slammed with another full memorial image of her? That was it.When the hand got thrown across his shoulder, he fumed."Oh my my," Rune crooned, "Look who suddenly decided to take on art, Addie, that's who,"He turned to them to find Priest's face filled with worry, the crucifix he just began wearing resting against his chest, "What are you two doing here? I don't even care," he began to roll up the paper.But Rune stepped before him, leaning down and peering i