"I don't think I've ever had cheap wine. Maybe I'll like pretending to be poor."

Roman gently took the glass from her hand, lightly licked the lipstick mark on the rim, and then drank.

As he swallowed, he observed Taya's expression.

This time the earlier telltale signs of deceit and fear were gone.

Nevertheless, he wasn't a fool. He'd been around long enough to have a gained a healthy distrust of everyone. When you were born into a leadership role in a powerful, you were born with enemies. Roman was cautious, only taking a sip before putting down the glass.

***

difficult to deal with. Appealing to his ego always did the trick, but

didn't drink enough of the sleeping pills, I wouldn't be able to take

If he saw that I had killed

This was a mess.

intention of letting me

glass, grabbed my hand, and sat on the sofa. Once he was

out to touch my

the sleeping pills kicked in, and I was pretty sure he

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