The Widow’s Blood Debt
CHAPTER EIGHT,
POV: Julian Vane
The silver ring on my finger felt like a brand of hot iron. Every time I looked at it, I saw Leo’s face as the bullet hit his shoulder the look of pure, unadulterated shock that I, the "useless" brother, had actually pulled the trigger.
I was sitting in the back of the Moretti library, a room that smelled of old parchment and expensive bourbon. I wasn't reading. I was staring at the wall, waiting for the adrenaline to stop vibrating in my bones.