he tried t

nd sliding with a proprietary ease up my thigh. My skin crawled. The sensat

ing my body away with a violence th

e annoyance, not concern. "Fine. Get some r

tled into a heavy, oblivious rhy

study. I took out a heavy cream

llo & Valer

harp. It felt final,

t box, the kind usually reserved for a valua

ver his espresso, I slid the box across

id. "For the w

, childish greed. He shook the box. "C

But you have to promise not to open it until the ceremony. Right be

d, kissing the box.

ow yo

picked up his phone. He had changed the passcode, but I ha

het

. I went directly to the encrypted

found it. A video posted by one of Dante's soldiers, a ma

n: Boss ma

ssed

e murky light of a nightclub. It w

possessively around Sofia's waist. She was flashing th

sive beat in the video. "To the woman

diers c

imestamp. Last

couring the lipstick from his collar with boiling water, he was at a secret engagement pa

ed the

"Don't let the Ice

e doesn't know how to use this app

ehol

und quiet of the kitchen and

. Dante walked out, a towel draped low around his wai

ve you see

y grip on the porcelain cup was perfectly s

rom his face, leaving his skin t

o. You shou

n. He tapped furiously, his eyes scanning the screen. I saw his shoulders sa

s phone buz

d under his breath.

" I asked, a study i

have to go out tonight. A

I c

harp with alarm. "It's... dangerous. Borin

"Have fun with y

s he walked out. "Delete it! Delete everythin

oor s

oset and pulled out a dress I had never wor

going to Club Inferno," I w

e to crash