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He takes the money. He never pulls the trigger.
For years, Tomas made a living in the shadows-posing as a hitman-for-hire, taking a 25% deposit, then vanishing before any blood was spilled. His victims weren't the marks-they were his clients, people too corrupt to call the cops when he ghosted them.
But now, his cons have caught up with him. The powerful and the vengeful are hunting him, and every one of them knows how to pay for death. To survive, Tomas hatches a desperate plan: he'll accept the contract for his own assassination and fake his death before the real killers find him.
What follows is a razor-edged race through a criminal underworld of bounty hunters, burned clients, and a smoldering ex-lover torn between revenge and rescue. As Tomas navigates betrayal, deception, and his own conscience, he discovers the only way to balance the books might be to die for real-or finally learn what it means to live.
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