One Reckless Kiss
Drake barked.
The men scattered quickly.
Black returned moments later, head bowed. “Sir, he escaped.”
The air turned deadly in a second.
Alessio mined slowly toward Black.
“You,” he said quietly, “caught him right.”
Black barely nodded. “Yes, sir.”
“And then,” Alessio tilted his head, “he escaped.”
Black didn't dare answer.
The first slap echoed like a gunshot, snapping Black's head sideways.
The second came harder.
Then a third.
A fourth.