gripped Elena’s shoulders.
“You are a Moretti. You do not bow. You do not hide. And from this day forward, you do not fear the dark, Elena.”
His amber eyes blazed.
“You own it.”
The change from Elena Harding, struggling waitress from Queens, to Sophia Katarina Moretti, five-million-dollar target of the New York underworld, did not happen in a single moment.continue reading …