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they captured her. That would be his pleasure only, and they all knew what would happen to them if they defied that edict. His predecessor had been tortured for hours before having weights tied to his feet and being dumped into the Potomac. By him.
    In his world, reputation was everything. He had to salvage his immediately.
    A black wave of rage hit him again as he remembered finding Salvatori slumped in the seat of his Mercedes in that alley a few hours ago. He’d warned Salvatori about Eva right from the start—though he was damn sure that wasn’t her real name—had told him she wasn’t to be trusted. She’d showed up on the scene out of nowhere, even though her story and persona had checked out.
    His boss had laughed off his concerns. Their intensive background check on her had come back clean, the only reason Salvatori had decided to pursue her, but Tino had always felt a certain disquiet around her. Something in her eyes had made him suspicious that she was more than she seemed, that she was duping them all, silently laughing at them and plotting the entire time.
    And he’d been right.
    Now Salvatori was dead, and Tino was in jeopardy of losing everything he’d worked for these past seven years. With Salvatori he’d finally had the security of a stable job, a steady income, and benefits like a million-dollar condo with a water view, and free pussy whenever he wanted it. All gone now, and that wasn’t the worst of it.
    He’d gotten used to having excess money to play with, to buy whatever he wanted. Weapons, drugs, women, anything that suited his mood. Over the past eighteen months he’d racked up a sizeable debt living a lavish lifestyle, an amount increased exponentially by a gambling habit he’d become more and more addicted to during his days off.
    He’d told himself he could quit anytime he wanted, that he’d be able to pay back the money in no time. The people he owed wouldn’t be sympathetic or understanding about his situation, acquaintances and contacts or not. They were the kind of men who would kill him just to make a statement.
    And then there was his other problem.
    Once everyone found out that Salvatori had died on his watch, Tino’s reputation would be in tatters. People within the organization would begin to talk. They’d close ranks, cut him off and shut him out. He’d be ruined, if he wasn’t already dead from the bad debt.
    Not only that, once Salvatori’s boss got wind of this, he might even put a hit order on Tino. When he thought of the sort of people the man would be sending after him…
    He shifted against the leather seat as a shiver of unease spiraled up his backbone. That bitch had cost him everything, and he would make her pay. Someone had sent her to kill Salvatori, and once he captured her, he’d find out who. And why.
    Tino imagined standing in the shadows beside her earlier, back beside the hotel. He tightened his fingers around the steering wheel as he drove back to his luxury condo.
    He’d had his hand between her legs, wished now that he’d simply taken what he’d wanted despite Salvatori’s order to wait, make her lose that haughty edge as he taught her she was nothing more than just another slut for him to use for his own pleasure. He’d been hard, even harder than he was now, thinking about the things he would do to her.
    Soon enough.
    The only way to redeem himself now was to hunt her down and kill her personally. Salvage his rep by proving to the others that no one fucked with him or anyone he worked for and lived to tell about it.
    Tino sped down the darkened road, a new obsession taking root. He wanted to know who she was. Her name, her background, who she worked for.
    And when he finally got her, he was going to take that delectable body, tie her to a bed somewhere and enjoy her for hours on end while extracting every last ounce of information he needed before killing her. She wouldn’t be easy to break, not someone with her level of training, but that