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

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

hat followed

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

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

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

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

inst her guard, her f

er, offering him a flawless, aristocratic bow. I picked up an

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