THE BILLION-DOLLAR NANNY OF THE MAFIA KING
"We are going to play the quiet game now, okay? The person who stays completely silent the longest wins a giant bowl of strawberries tomorrow morning."
She nodded eagerly against my chest. She squeezed her eyes shut and clutched her dinosaur tightly, determined to win the game.
The Russian voice paused. A heavy, distorted sigh crackled through the hidden microphone.
"Kade Silvano," the voice said, the accent thick and heavy as the speaker smoothly switched to English. "Are you sitting in the dark, clutching your weapon? Or did you leave your new little pet locked inside the vault all by herself?"
My breath caught painfully in my lungs. I pressed my lips together so hard I tasted the sharp, m