His Hidden Blade

A slim woman in plain dark clothes steps into the lamplight on the balcony, a split lip on her face.

She came out from behind the door and stood where the lamp could get her. Small. Dark hair pulled tight. A split lip going yellow at the edge.

Ettore

You left a note in my office about my own guard.

Odile

You left the door open. I thought you wanted a cleaner.

His Hidden Blade

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Odile Ferrante kills from the dark. She has one rule: never let Ettore Malandri see her. He runs a crime family, and she has watched him for years. She clears his enemies before they get close. He never knows she is there. Then Ettore finds a body at his aquarium meeting and a cleaner's badge in the blood. He does not run. He starts looking for the woman who saves him. When he catches her, he gives her a key instead of a bullet. Now Odile is in his world. His men fear her. His enemies want her. Ettore claims her in front of everyone and tends her wounds himself. Odile has always been a weapon. With him, she almost believes she can be a woman who stays. Danger never leaves her. If anyone touches Ettore, Odile will kill them. She just has to survive long enough to let him hold her.