She Cheated With A Pawn: The King's Wrath

Grand Boardroom and placed a pos

as a favor to her, sat in my chair with his

e in my face

cate belongs to Elena. And since I'm the one ke

es, delivering the ultimate bet

e need the Moretti name for the baby,

documents I signed while delirious

es standing behind her we

e a Don like a mid-level manager

n our world, loyalty isn't

w what was actually in the l

nd the rat, feeling a str

to talk ab

onto the table, watch

of power, Elena. You signed

cers, and the room

rrified face. "Let's see how much the

pte

Morett

two lines that signaled the end of the

secured. The

ool glass against my chest like a shield. I looked up. The air in the Grand Boa

sso sat t

longed to my father, and his father before him. He looked s

ot, clad in a scuffed designer boot, and s

like a gunshot in

categorized the scratch he'd just left o

his cheeks hollowing, and blew a clou

ripping with a confidence he hadn't earned in blood

ly because Elena asked me to. He had no blood oath. He had no honor. And ye

. My voice was low, a rumble of thund

d. It was a w

, permanent scar on the pristine surface. "You going to fire me? You don't hav

e table, trailing his hand along

. This Syndicate? It belongs to Elena. And since I'm th

tters. Or rather, retracted loyalty oaths. The men standing along the wall

gesturing to the hired guns whose loyalty

Julian said. "And Elena

at the end of the

walk

ed her curves, the kind of innocent fabric that made men do stupid, violent th

bullet wound in a pantry while the police sirens wa

would use the crow

naries chorused,

ng to me. They we

me-jasmine and gunpowder-hit me like a physical blow. She wen

sked, her voice soft, the same voice she

waist with a familiarity that made my trigge

yes were cold. There was no love there, o

ven look at him wrong, I will burn the legitimate businesses

wife. I looke

e calm of a judge who had already written the verdict an

ngs, Elena," I said softly

alize you're already standing