Chapter 7 - THE BETRAYAL
The breach in our security came from the inside. My former manager, the one who had worked me to the bone, was brought into the study bruised and weeping. She had sold my background to the Falcones for a hundred thousand dollars. Adrian stood over her, an executioner waiting for the order. I couldn't bear the violence. "Adrian, stop," I pleaded, stepping between them. He froze, his jaw clenched, torn between his brutal nature and my desperate plea. Slowly, he lowered his weapon. "Throw her out," he commanded his men. "But if she speaks Elena's name again, bury her."
