KILLIAN'S POV

Talk about feeling like sh*t. I was woozy and the soreness throbbing in my chest certainly wasn't heartache. I groaned, doing a quick mental recap of what happened. I had come to Venice and shortly after Linus intercepted the communication between the Washington CIA and New York office. The message stated that Director Vance would follow Daxia to Venice and catch him either dead or alive.

I had arrived in Venice under the Daxia alias to handle an art ...