His Defiant Witness by Leona White

I served drinks in a casino owned by monsters.

Then I witnessed a man die in the alley.

Blood on concrete.

A gunshot I can’t forget.

And suddenly, I’m the one being hunted.

The police won’t protect me.

Someone breaks into my home.

Someone leaves proof they know I saw everything.

So I run to the last man I should trust.

Dimitri Gravitch.

My boss.

My enemy.

The devil behind the velvet ropes.

He says he’ll keep me alive.

But safety feels a lot like a cage.

Now I live in his penthouse,

sleep under his guards,

and breathe by his rules.

They want me dead.

He wants me his.

And when war comes for us both,

I realize one terrible truth:

I was never just a witness.

I was always the prize.