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tilted whe

tight, tailored coat untouched by the chaos around her. The woma

like this was just anot

ingers tightened around mine. Her pulse hammered against my ski

ad coming back to clai

led. "Or I swear to God

pointed. "Still emotional, That'

men. Enemies circling like sharks who smelled blood

osed to be d

u. Yet here we are." Ava's voice

ou are the problem." That

body angled in front of Ava. Headlights burned my

e her," I said. "You d

ath warrant," my mo

now about the second one." My mothe

t: Truth versu

to Ava. What s

ack. They said if I ever contacted you again, if I ever warned you, they

d painfully. A co

er answered smoothly.

inside me

disbelief and fury twisting together. She didn't flinch,

that scraped my throat raw. Y

epped out from behind me before I could stop her. "

llowed her movemen

ict, Power

sion. One wrong breath an

t looking at me. "If she pulls

ade my vision blur red. Fate was

her" I said to my mother. "

ke a failed experiment. "I know you

r gun higher,

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men fired, Matteo's men fired back, Screams echoed off concrete wa

d enough for me to se

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ng violently. Is she g

ay, Staying

hing vehicles twice before sunrise. By the time we reached the s

nd us and turned to he

ve told me," I

otect you," she rep

nching and unclenching. By

ed, "By survivi

room with dried blood on her sleeve and fire still burni

l love me

n any bullet. I crossed the room and pulled her into my arms, holding her like if I le

, A curse a

n, there's something else.

and pulled out a folded medical report. M

took the baby,"

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e paper with

Eight we

ammed again

whispered, Her eyes s

rous, And then my phone rang

isfied. "Congratulations, cousin! On the baby." Cold

ther told me, She tel

seemed t

king with

ied, "She's w

dawning on her face as

ave twenty four hours to hand over Moretti Globa

my child, the woman who signed my dea

nes roared in

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