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
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