Chapter 2 - THE HESITATION
Leo froze, staring at the amber liquid. The silence in the Onyx Room shattered into a deafening tension as the underboss’s hand hovered, trembling just a fraction of an inch over the crystal glass. Dominic’s smile never wavered, but the icy blue of his eyes hardened to absolute zero. “Drink it, Leo,” Dominic commanded softly. When Leo reached for his weapon instead, Jax, Dominic’s shadow of a bodyguard, already had a blade pressed to Leo’s throat. Gunfire erupted from the VIP booths before Leo could even gasp. Dominic grabbed my wrist, his grip like iron, yanking me behind the heavy mahogany bar just as the poisoned decanter exploded into sparkling dust above our heads.
