The wet, sickening sound of steel puncturing flesh cut through the low hum of the emergency sirens.Julian's eyes widened in sheer, unadulterated shock. The triumphant smirk on his face frozen, then shattered into a grimace of agony. He let out a choked, wet gasp as the six-inch silver letter opener sank deep into the junction where his neck met his shoulder, severing the subclavian artery.Blood hot, crimson, and arterial spurted over Elena's hand and forearm, staining the cream woolen sweater and splashing across the ivory carpet.Julian stumbled backward, his hand flying to his throat as his silver Browning pistol slipped from his numb fingers, clattering uselessly to the floorboards. "You... bitch..." he gurgled, his pale gray eyes wild with disbelieving horror."Shoot her!" one of the bodyguards in the hallway screamed, raising his submachine gun.Before the guard could align his sights, Dante moved.He didn't hesitate for a microsecond. The moment Elena drove the blade into Juli
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