Mina
The guards exchanged a look, and for one heart-stopping moment, I thought they would ignore me like before. But then one of them, the tall one... stepped forward with his hand raised.
I sighed in sweet relief.
Pompeo noticed immediately, and his mood went bad. He froze mid-swing. “What is this again?” he snarled. “I thought we settled that I have every right.”
“That girl is an asset.”
“What?” Pompeo began to sweat bullets. His bravado slipped for the briefest moment, but he wasn’t the type to let his underlings—or anyone else—see it for long. Greasy hair clung to his forehead as his eyes darted between the guards blocking his men. For a moment, he stood still, visibly calculating, before his face split into a mocking grin. Then his eyes returned back to Stacy, Tito, and me. The t
