Chapter 10 - The False Victory
Dominic Russo stood in the doorway with his arm heavily bandaged and a gun in his hand.
The scarred enforcer stepped past him and hauled the Russian spy roughly off the floor.
Dominic looked at the dropped syringe and the crushed wiretap components in the nurse's pocket.
His dark eyes softened as he looked at Maya kneeling defensively by her sister's bed.
He dropped his weapon and crossed the room to pull Maya into his uninjured arm.
He whispered a deep and genuine apology against the crown of her head.
He promised her that he would never doubt her loyalty ever again.
The enforcer dragged the screaming nurse out into the hallway to face syndicate justice.
Dominic held Maya's face in his hands and kissed her with a desperate passionate heat.
Maya kissed him back and felt all the terror of the past two days finally melt away.
The cartel attack had been completely neutralized and her father was gone forever.
Sophie was resting peacefully in the bed completely unharmed by the chaos.
Dominic swore on his own life that no one in the world would ever hurt them again.
He kissed her forehead one last time and left the room to secure the rest of the estate.
Maya sat in the quiet room feeling an overwhelming sense of false safety.
The nightmare was finally over and she had somehow won the heart of the city's king.
Suddenly the burner phone hidden deep in her coat pocket vibrated violently.
Maya pulled it out and saw it was an encrypted video message from Sophie's former doctor.
She pressed play and watched the terrified doctor staring into the camera lens.
The doctor confessed that Sophie's failing health was not caused by a natural disease.
She had been slowly and deliberately poisoned for the last two years with a rare chemical compound.
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The doctor held up a stack of bank transfers that funded the secret poisoning.
The name on every single transfer document was Dominic Russo.
