As her heels clicked upon the stone that led from the driveway to the house, Dimitri carried his touch to her waist to pull her back before entering the home. Her eyes locked onto his immediately before he carried his hands to her cheeks and forced her gaze to remain within his own. Keeping his composure, he removed his gun from the back of his belt and tossed it into the nearby bushes, motioning for her to do the same. Doing so following a momentary hesitation, Juliette was then brought back between his hands.
“There are at least twenty of Eugenio’s men inside. They have come to collect revenge on his life...they have Alessandro.” Her heart managed to race impossibly fast and seem to stop at the same moment-making her lips come open to speak, but close before actually delivering any sor
