Claimed by My Brother’s Best Friend (A Mafia Romance)
The gunshot cracks the night wide open.
The garden gasps with us the roses quiver, petals shivering loose as Greco’s head snaps back. A red bloom bursts across the air, spattering onto the white lilies behind him. His body folds, crumpling among the flowers like a toppled statue, blood seeping into the soil, staining beauty into ruin.
Valentina collapses, her hand falling limp, slick with sweat and gunpowder. Her sobs choke in her throat, broken and hollow. I stand over her, my shadow long across the corpse, and I let a smirk cut across my face.