to have been occupied within the past few months. Send me all the data you have.” He hung up and brought the image of Graciella back on his screen.
She was beautiful. A woman who could have any man she wanted but chose a life of killing for her freedom.
No one had ever been able to capture her, but she hadn’t been up against the Killer of Kings before. He would find her and when he did, she was going to belong to them. She was used to being able to predict men, knowing what they wanted, but she didn’t have the first clue of who she was dealing with when it came to him.
****
Sneaking into the police department was easy.
With her hair tied up, dressed all in black, she snuck into the main detective’s office, opened up his filing cabinet, and used her flashlight to read through the notes on the latest drug bust. Graciella knew Boss had been involved. It wasn’t the deaths that concerned her, but the symptoms the men displayed prior to their deaths.
She had software that helped her detect certain reports with overdoses and men hallucinating, showing a fever, or flu-like symptoms. She always checked them out.
This was the fifth one in the past two weeks.
She saw the report and slammed it shut.
Fuck!
Before she left the office, she made sure there was nothing out of place. She crawled out of the bathroom window and dropped down to the pavement, only to be suddenly grabbed from behind.
“You do know breaking and entering is a criminal offense.”
His voice brushed across her ear. Deep, sexy, a man in control.
She brought her elbow back and stamped on his foot. As his grip loosened, she dropped down to punch him in the gut, but Boss saw it coming and blocked. She quickly pulled back but made sure she wasn’t trapped by a wall.
Her mask was still in place but seeing as they were old friends, well, more like enemies, she pulled her mask off and offered him a smile.
“You do know it’s not polite to attack a girl during her work. It’s not very gentlemanly.”
“I’m not a gentleman. I never claimed to be.” He smirked.
She noted he wasn’t even in a stance to attack.
What was Boss doing here?
“Are you stalking me now? You want me to come and work for your precious Kings? Not going to happen. I’m a lot better than they are.” She’d already been paid for the last kill. Some contracts tried to renege on their deals, but she liked to put them firmly in their place. No one fucked with her. “Sloppy work on the drug bust.”
“You know something about the drugs? It’s why you went in there. Tell me what it is you know.”
She scoffed. “I know nothing.” She went to turn on her heel but Boss grabbed her, pressing her up against the concrete wall, his grip firm. She tried to pull away, but he captured her hand, locking it up tight above her head. He was stronger than she expected.
“I’m not in the mood for games,” he said.
“Good, because I’m not playing.”
“You’ve been playing games since the moment you got here. I’m not biting.”
“I’d say with the way you’re holding me, you’re biting just enough.” She smiled and his grip was suddenly around her neck.
It was odd, she wasn’t afraid.
“You know, the last man to hold me like this never saw the light of day again.”
“I’m not hurting you, and besides, if you really wanted to, you could get out of this. We both know that, Widow Maker.”
“You’ve been following me?” she asked. Widow Maker. The name didn’t bother her. People had a tendency to create nicknames to fit the person. She was just a woman in a man’s world, doing a better job than the cock in it. Still, she didn’t like how her body responded to Boss, or that she liked the thought of him following her.
No man would get beneath her skin.
“The man is going to live, if you’re curious,” he said.
“But he’s going to do it without a dick, and every woman is all the safer.”
“So you’ve got a thing against men? And cock?”
“I’ve got a thing against assholes who don’t take no for an answer,” she said. “Like, no, thank you, I’m not working for Killer of Kings.”
“The offer of work was revoked. You know about the drugs,” he said. “Tell me.”
“I’m not talking.”
She cried out as he suddenly grabbed her, jerking her forward. Instinct took over. No one