Mariano
I kept forgetting I had stalkers for bodyguards.
There was an eery silence around when we pulled in front of the dingy building that the mafia people liked to call the Central.
It wasn't like there were always people around there. The Central lacked its usual vibe today. Tanner and Aria dropped me off, and I went inside and met Lucia and Zita before making my way upstairs to Mariano's office. On my way, I picked up a black rose from the vase on the dining room table. Black roses were so fascinating, so sinister. I had come to like them immensely, seeing they were everywhere around me - on Mariano's shoulder blade, in his house, his bedroom. His mother wore a bracelet made of black stones cut
Hot Chapters