BELLADONNA ROSE - CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2 OF 22 Life has not been easy for Rosita Sanchez. Nearly murdered as a young mother by her thug husband, she was taken in by a hitman who not only nursed her back to health, but taught her his deadly profession. As the assassin Belladonna Rose, she has risen to the top of the elite, while raising her special needs son all on her own. Now the time has come for Belladonna to retire. She has all the money she will ever need, and she wants to put the life of a paid assassin behind her, to embrace her alternate life as a single mother raising her child in a normal world. For some people, such a destiny was never meant to be. This is Rose's last day as Belladonna. It begins with what was supposed to be her last kill, a hit that goes very wrong, setting the stage for a day that will test her strength, her skill, and her iron will. Pursued by mercenaries, confronted at every turn with surprises as the mysteries of her life unravel, and forced by her nature to help the weak each time she encounters them, Rose will spend her last day as Belladonna setting things right, tying up loose ends, and learning that there is no escape from the person she was always meant to be. Even if it kills her. Exciting Action/Adventure Fiction by Steven Carlton