#Chapter 106: Tightly Wound

Dominic POV Dominic stood near the window of the hotel room’s bedroom while he stared down at the street below, watching the cars roll by lazily as the sun began to set. The faint rumble of Mikhail’s men talking in the living area carried through the thin walls. Their presence wasn’t necessary now that things with Alek’s men were over, but Dominic kept them close anyway on the off-chance that he was stupid enough to try something. With Alek not being dead was a problem to address at another time, though it didn’t escape him that by letting him live, their worries were far from over. Dominic’s jaw tightened at the thought before pulling his phone out to check his messages. He scrolled through the details sent over to him by Mikhail’s second, his thumb hovering over the last update from his men stationed at the restaurant cleaning up the site. Fourteen of Alek’s were dead, six critically wounded when fleeing the scene. Back at the mansion, it was in flames with his second