Tainted Whispers
He set his wine glass down with a soft, hollow clink.
"The assassin died before he could speak," Victor said, his voice entirely devoid of emotion. "He succumbed to his injuries from the fight. A pity."
A heavy, suffocating silence fell over the table.
Serena’s ears began to ring. Her vision blurred for a fraction of a second. He lied. He lied smoothly, effortlessly, straight to her face. If the assassin had truly died without speaking, Victor wouldn't have bloody knuckles, and he wouldn't look so terrifyingly satisfied. Roberto was right. Victor was hiding the truth because the truth pointed directly back to him. The man sitting next to her, the man who had washed the blood from her hair, w
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