All Chapters of Kiss The Killer: Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

POV: MayaThe coffee shop near campus was perfect for this kind of meeting, crowded enough to blend in, noisy enough that conversations couldn't be overheard. I sat in my usual corner booth, fingers wrapped around my mug, watching Sienna Carter walk through the door with shadows under her eyes and tension in every line of her body.Three months. I'd been undercover for three months, playing the desperate journalism student caught up in Pedro Vega's web, and I was finally getting somewhere. But seeing Sienna like this, fragile, frightened, caught between two deadly families made my chest tight with guilt."Maya!" Sienna's smile was genuine as she spotted me, and that made it worse. She trusted me. In this world of lies and violence, she thought I was the one person who understood her situation.If only she knew."You look terrible," I said as she slid into the booth across from me. It wasn't a lie, her skin was pale, and her hands shook slightly as she reached for the menu."Thanks. Yo

POV: PedroThe service tunnels beneath the penthouse reeked of old concrete and fear. My heart hammered against my ribs as I led Sienna through the narrow passages, her hand clutched tightly in mine. Behind us, the sound of gunfire echoed through the building like thunder."Where are we going?" Sienna gasped, stumbling over loose debris."Somewhere safe," I lied. The Torrino safe house wasn't safe for her, it was a death trap. But with Romano soldiers hunting us above and my own family demanding answers, I had no other choice. I'd bought us time, nothing more.The tunnel opened into a parking garage three blocks away. My black Mercedes sat waiting, engine already running, Isabella had followed my instructions perfectly. Too perfect. My stomach clenched with unease."Get in," I ordered, practically shoving Sienna into the passenger seat. Her journalism instincts were already kicking in; I could see her cataloging details, asking questions with her eyes. She was too smart for her own go

POV: MayaI watched Sienna walk away from the library, her spine straight with newfound determination. Agent Harrison cursed under his breath, but I felt something else entirely, pride. The scared girl I'd first met months ago was gone. In her place stood someone dangerous."Rodriguez, what the hell just happened?" Harrison grabbed my arm as we left the library. "She played us.""She learned." I pulled free from his grip. "Which means she's more valuable than we thought."My phone buzzed with a text from my real handler, Agent Sarah Chen, the only person in the Bureau who knew the full scope of my operation. The message was simple: "Debrief. Now."Twenty minutes later, I sat across from Chen in a dingy coffee shop that stayed open all night. She looked tired, her usually perfect hair pulled back in a messy ponytail."Harrison says the Carter girl made you," Chen said without preamble."She figured it out on her own. Girl's have good instincts." I stirred sugar into my coffee, buying t