Ashley’s POV
The aftermath of the battle against the Serpent Syndicate left the city eerily quiet. For the first time in years, the streets weren’t filled with whispers of the DeLucas or the Syndicate.
They were gone.
Every last one of them.
Dante DeLuca. Victor. Ricardo. The men who had terrorized this city, who had made it their playground, were wiped out. Their empire crumbled to nothing.
Caden had done what no one thought was possible.
He won.
But something about the silence felt unnatural.
Like a storm was brewing just beyond the horizon.
And I knew better than to believe in peace for too long.
Mia’s Warning
Mia was typing furiously at her laptop, her eyebrows drawn together in a deep frown. The glow from the screen illuminated her face as she muttered to herself.
I walked
