Jasmine

Palpable dread filled the car as the crowd of men came into view. Tonight didn’t go as any of us had planned, but that didn’t mean that Rei and Em should suffer at the hands of the famiglia. The dark eyes of most of the men from our Christmas Eve dinner were staring our direction; however, there was only one set of eyes I sought.

I didn’t wait for anyone to come forward to open the door. Instead, I bolted from the car in search of Dario. The sea of bodies parted ...