ssi

he office. Dante's face remained turned, a thin red line from the sha

nstead, I slowly lowered my hand and r

y voice slicing through the silence like a

ords shattered her delusions. Dante's head snapped back to me. The violent storm in his pitch-bl

tion, our enemies will put a bullet in my head before I reach the street. Is that the legacy you wa

m-the absolute ruler sworn to protect his bloodline and avoid senseless war-w

elivered my ultimatum. I turned on my hee

a massive hand clamped around my arm. Dante yank

ice a low, furious rumble against my ear

t. He still thought the worst of me. I ripped my arm from his

ected him, my tone dead and hollow. "I'

osing Capo and head of security, stood like a stone sentinel. He had heard everything. As I bru

ant. You cannot le

rbing the sound of my trembling footsteps. I just needed to get

ter me, her eyes burning with toxic

in a pathetic display of triumph. "A Rinaldi will always be

t with profound pity and disgust. She had no

ipping with aristocratic disdain. "Every Don needs a

her, dismissing her entirely, and continued down th

shriek tore through

ch! Go t

ht me completely off guard. My feet slipped on the thick carpet, my center o

ak doors of the office swung wide open,