Game of Shadows by Byrne Amanda K

Author:Byrne, Amanda K. [Byrne, Amanda K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“What’s this?” Constantine pokes one of the bags as Nick sets it down.

“Dinner.” I shed Nick’s jacket and lay it over one of the bar stools, pull Josef’s knife from the small of my back, and set it on the counter. I move to the sink to wash my hands. Metal clanks as Nick removes the cans of tomatoes from the bags. “Put the meat next to the stove.”

“You cook? Dammit, Dom, you always steal the good ones.”

“No stealing involved this time,” Nick says mildly. “She came on to me.”

I take my time inspecting the selection of kitchen knives. “That was before I realized the error of my ways. He thinks I’m too young for him,” I explain to Constantine.

His dimple makes an appearance. “I have no problem robbing cradles.”

It’s a sad, sad day when a wickedly hot guy fails to spark my interest. Under normal circumstances, Constantine’s smile would have made me drool and trip over my own tongue.

Then Nick happened.

I take the chef’s knife from the block and sharpen it, keenly aware of two sets of eyes on me. The sound of steel scraping steel always sets my teeth on edge, and I clench my jaw hard enough to see spots. “You two planning to stand there the entire time?” Nick and Constantine are both leaning on the counter, Constantine opposite me, elbows on the hard surface, Nick on my side, the edge of the counter biting into his back, his arms crossed over his chest. I wave the knife around. “Go do something evil. Take over a small country. Send someone to sleep with the fishes.”

Constantine’s brow wrinkles as the corners of his mouth draw down. “Are you even old enough to know what that means?”

I roll my eyes. “Mafia speak for killing someone who turned traitor or otherwise needs to be eliminated.”

“Yeah, but where’s it from?” Nick drawls.

The knife becomes the most interesting thing I’ve ever seen.

He laughs. “Someone’s education has gaps. It’s from The Godfather.”

Of course it is. “I figured it had to be either that or Goodfellas.”

“That comment implies you haven’t seen either.”

I shrug, set an onion on the cutting board, and slice off the ends. “Haven’t gotten around to it. Too many other movies to see. And old TV shows.” Which reminds me I was in the middle of watching one. “Any chance I might be able to access my Netflix account?” I blink away tears as I peel the skin from the onion.

“Dom’ll set up a new one for you. How are you not cutting yourself?” Constantine’s attention is focused squarely on the knife, flashing under the glare of the kitchen lights. “Last time I tried to cut something up, I ended up bleeding all over it.”

“Curl your fingers under.” I lift my hand to show the tips of my fingers bent inward to touch my palm, leaving my fingers straight to the second knuckle. “First thing I learned. You have fewer accidents that way.”

“Trick from your dad?”

I shake my head. “Mom.

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