Cillian

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>I never imagined that an alluring thief would turn my carefully constructed world upside down. Or that I would like it.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Nova</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm no thief with a heart of gold. I steal from the rich and give to myself to make ends meet. One day I'll have enough to get the hell out of New Orleans to start fresh away from the memories of everything I've lost.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I should have known the first time I laid eyes on the dark-haired man in a custom suit he was more than just another mark. But I didn't.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I should have walked away that night and never thought about him again. But I didn't.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When I discovered he has ties to the one person I hate for taking everything from me maybe I shouldn't have run.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I did.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><u>Cillian</u></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Our enemies are six feet under and Boston is ours.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>At least that's what we thought.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A rival organization has decided to pick up where they left off and I refuse to watch it happen again. They think our rules don't apply to them. They're dead wrong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now I'm in New Orleans to find them and cut them off at the knees.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Everything is going according to plan. Until I stumble into a stunning pickpocket whose smart mouth and quick wit charms me from the moment she opens her red-painted lips.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I should have left that night and never given her a second thought. But I didn't.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I should have put her captivating green eyes out of my mind and focused on taking down another deadly criminal organization. But I didn't.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then she ran and I told myself I'd never see her again. But I did.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When she crashes back into my life I should walk away.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I can't.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>They found her. They know who she is.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>And now they'll pay for ever thinking they can touch what's mine.</em></strong></p>