Rome Series Novels & Stories

“You're not the girl I lost three years ago.” “Good,” she said. “She was soft. Naive.” “She was still dangerous.” “Now she's lethal.” A pause stretched between them. Then he asked. “Do you want to do this messy?” Her smile was razor-thin. “Oh messy.” The Romeros operated out of an estate in Valencia — less fortress, more palace. Gold gates, security patrols, gardens sculpted to disguise landmines. The head of the family, Hector Romero, had taken power after Amara’s father's fall.

"You’re clever, cara mia. I’ll give you that." Her stomach dropped. He stepped into the light, shadows dancing across his face. "Alonso Delgado never made it past his twentieth birthday. I did." She couldn’t breathe. "What?" He moved closer, until the poker nearly touched his chest. "I’m Esteban. Esteban Gallego." The name struck her like lightning. The Gallegos; rivals of the Delgados. Ruthless. Vicious. Responsible for the massacre in Medellin.

“Everything... about Vespera Nightingale.” Logan nodded, hurrying to keep pace. He pressed the elevator button as they reached the lobby. “I’ll get on it right away, sir.” But as the doors slid open and they stepped inside, Logan hesitated, the name feeling oddly familiar on his tongue. “Vespera Nightingale... Vespera...” His eyes widened as the elevator began to descend. “Hold on... isn’t she the newly announced female lead for Jerry Gray’s series? The Darkness Behind Me? Wait... is that her? That’s Vespera?”

A drop of tear landed on the back of my hand. I ignored it and made a rose appear out of thin air just like a magician. "When we first started dating, you were nothing but a bouncer. The owner's enemies came looking for trouble. On Valentin's Day, you were severely injured and covered in blood. I was worried sick. I cried helplessly as I looked at your wounds. But what did you do? You pulled out a rose that you had been hiding, and it was covered in blood." Thomas chuckled as he took the rose from me.

Alejandro, one of my men, said to him from the side, before collecting the rest of the drugs. Seeing sweat starting to trickle from his forehead, Leo closed his eyes tightly. "Please it will never happen again Romano, forgive me" he said to me, begging while using his daughter like some type of shield as if that could stop me if I even decide to shoot him. Leonardo Del Rosa was really a pathetic man.