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ast life, that was where my fiancé, Grayson Falcone, had locked me away. He had left me to die of a fever on a concrete floor while he pa
vanished, replaced by the sharp scen
It was the freezing water of the
he laughingstock of New York's elite. But I had known it was coming. I
jazz music. Gasps erupted
is eyes never even flickered in my direction. He swam right past me, his hands frantically searching for Clara. He pulled
tered the Falcone honor and handed me the ve
logged beads of my gown acted like lead weights, dragging me benea
through the chaos above. It was low, devoid of pa
Fish he
e. Aldo, a Falcone Soldier, hauled me upward. I broke the surface, coughi
er the courtyard lights. I could feel the leering, predatory stares of rival family members ste
ptly parted. The whi
stepped out of
eared man in New York. He stood over me, a towering figure in a bespoke suit
an cigars and dark power washed over me. He leane
he whispered, the words a leth
reezing, exposed, and entirely out of o
ing the lapels tight to hide every inch of my body from the crowd. Without asking for permission, he slid one ar
to look him in the eye as he carried
oof Cadillac V-16 was already waiting. Aldo opened the rear door. Damon slid me onto the leath
engine roared to life, carrying us away from the glittering hotel an

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