Vincenzo Dante Volkov;

"Morning, Boss," Venom greeted, taking the seat across from me. I barely glanced up, still combing through last night’s files.

"You run the background check on Juliet?" I asked. He nodded, sliding a folder across the desk, but I didn’t bother looking at it. "Just give me the essentials."

"She’s an underdog, just as we thought," he replied. My grip on the pen tightened, and I finally looked up, catching his uneasy expression.

"Something on your mind?" I ...