“You are a stupid woman. Too proud, too stubborn, and it will kill you one of these days. Someday, you’ll offend the wrong man, and he’ll kill you for it.” Eve’s soft sob clears the red from my vision. I look down, and she is cowering in front of me. Her eyes are wide and on mine, but her mouth is hanging open, her lower lip trembling, and her shoulders are hunched forward to try and protect herself from the blow she is sure is coming. She looks terrified. I stumble back, my shoe slipping in the hitman’s blood. I sidestep the congealing puddle and
