CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN: DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

NOVA POV

“My rules are simple,”

Luca drawled, his fingers circling lazily around the rim of his glass. He looked like a man on vacation; relaxed, careless but I wasn’t fooled. Behind that mask of nonchalance were the shadows of men in plain clothes, stationed at the edges of the room, pretending to blend with the crowd. All Burly, silent and waiting for any inconvenience.

A noose. That’s what this was. And I could already feel the rope ...