wet gravel as Frankie drove through the towe

avy iron gates of the E

nctuary built exclusively for the world's most powerful el

swung open

of the memorial, a man in a flawless tailcoat, bowed deeply an

center sat a massive pedestal carved fro

nd gently placed the ebon

d back five years. She remembered the day she received the

ent of that blood money into Domenic's failing s

. She had been so blind. She had fed her parents'

she whisper

With every passing second, she felt the emotional ro

rned to leave, she

air corridor. The New York autumn sky had broken open,

one walkway, a group of men in dark suits app

of the guard

ack overcoat. He radiated an aura of absolute, terrifying

enport. The uncrowne

d, stepping slightly to the

the cold rain mixed violently with the deep, intoxicat

y, Frankie tilted her head sligh

f her black

side of her neck-a tactical knif

impossible combination of lethal grace and absolute calm under pressure. It was the look in her eyes as she ha

y he physically stumbled a fraction of an inch.

dead in h

alted, their hands dro

e's retreating back. She was walking perfectly stra

t once before, in the eyes of a little girl dragging his bl

ar the area?" his lead

oved hand. The signature gest

w, gravelly vibration. He turned to his chief aide. "Find out exact

he button on her black umbrella, the ca

e, and typed a single message to her divo