Liars Like Us - Book 1: Legacy of Lies
“You call me girl, yet I’ve already put a man in the ground while you sit here trembling at my husband’s table. Tell me—should we call you boy?”
The lieutenants shifted uneasily. No one laughed.
The man’s face darkened, sweat beading at his temple. He opened his mouth, but Dante cut him off, his voice a growl, final.
“Enough.”
He rose from his chair, the wolf in full. His shadow stretched long across the table, swallowing the man whole.
“Loyalty is not negotiable. Doubt is a disease. And diseases are cut out before they spread.”
At his nod, Marco moved. The man was dragged from his chair, his protests cut off in a spray of blood as the sound of a silenced gun echoed through the chamber.