Sephie is just a waitress trying to survive her late shifts, joking with her charming bartender friend Max and finding comfort in her kind neighbors. But once a month, she serves the city’s most dangerous crime bosses: a job that pays well but comes with risks. Tonight, as black SUVs arrive, she braces herself, unaware her life is about to change forever.
“Lucky guess. You genuinely want to work with us, but you’re nervous about something. It’s not anything on our end. We just gift-wrapped a guaranteed re-election for the mayor, which would mean another appointment for you. The only reason that would come into question is if he’s getting money from the other bosses. If his…
I. “It took me too long to figure out what to do, but I’m glad it seems like it’s helping,” I said. “It’s helping. That’s the important part.” Adrik The guys were waiting on us when we walked into the kitchen. They’d been stressed because Sephie had seemingly taken a torn for the worse over…
“She was starting to breathe better after the first days of being at home, but now she’s struggling to breathe again like she did when she was still in the hospital,” Andrei said. Dr. Williams looked to Sephie for confirmation of what they’d all just said. She simply nodded her head in agreement. “Any sharp…
“He’s not wrong, love. And you know he’s not wrong,” I said with my lips against her ear, brushing my facial hair against her cheek and neck. “That’s why it hurts right here,” she said dramatically, pointing to her chest, right over her heart. The following afternoon, I had a meeting with the police commissioner.…
“How’s your arm? Still hurts like a sumbitch, huh?” “Mostly only when it’s out of the sling right now. I can’t tell if it’s getting better or I’m just used to the pain now, but I don’t notice it all the time anymore. The ribs are worse, if I’m being honest. Do not recommend.” Chen…
“Consider it done. I’ll get this to Henry right away,” Chen said. The journalist stood up, offering his hand to Chen, who also stood at the same time. They parted ways without another word. We had one of the security guys from the building, who was a normal human size, pick Chen up down the…
“Have you done that with all of them?” she asked. “Not all of them yet. Most of them.” I looked at her, curious as to why she would ask. She smiled softly. “You’re ensuring that your souls stay linked. This won’t be the only lifetime you spend together.” “But it’s just a childish thing. I…
“What’s that?” “Oh, for f**k’s sake, how do I keep forgetting you people don’t do this in Russia? Okay, so the pinky swear is like the holiest of holy swears. Like it’s so holy that I’m now bound to always tell you what you need to hear in every lifetime, in every realm, in all…
“Elsewhere. We really don’t know who this guy is. It could be some kind of trap,” Ivan said. “He has to come to the city though. There’s no way we’re leaving right now, for any reason,” I said. “He might be too scared to do that,” Sephie said. “He seems nervous about someone finding out…
Sephie thought about it for a minute. She looked to me to see my opinion on it. It was a reasonable plan. It would keep us anonymous. He would have a hard time tracing Chen back to me and it would still get us whatever information this guy supposedly had. Sephie sighed, then looked to…