phin

ailored suit a stark contrast to the blood and shattered diamonds scattered across the marble. Th

Rossi," the messenger announced, his voic

o puffed out his chest. They thought this was the final jud

Valeriano, who rescued Eleonora Rossi from a tragic fire in Philadelphia, The Commission hereby declares the Valeriano name to be under our

hat followed

f all color, the realization hitting him like a physical blow. He had been seconds aw

ding the parchment toward me. "Signo

ooked up at the messenger, my voice trembling just enough to sound like a t

r frowned. "

a part of this family. He ordered his men to take me away." I let a single, perfectly timed t

that he had attempted to murder the Chairman's protected sa

rushed forward, his hands trembling as he reached out to help me up. "A misunderstanding. A terrible, interna

cked onto me, no longer just observing, but burning with a dangerous, predatory fascination. He saw

onfused, Don Silas," I said, my voice losing its fragile tremor, replaced by cold ste

forward with his hands raised.

Valeriano women do not share their husbands. I am the

yguard caught her. "You bitch!" she shri

nto the light. Her sharp eyes had already calculated the immense value of

th absolute authority. She looked at Isabella with thinly veiled disgust. "E

inst her guard, her f

ger, offering him a flawless, aristocratic bow. I picked up

tal flute toward her. "It seems your wedding celebratio

pleased to hear the Starks made the wise choice to uphold t

ing Marco out of her way. Her guards had to practically drag her out of the foyer

nds and ruined canvas, holding the