ntin

, conspiratorial intimacy. "She told me tonight. She's terrified. The Moretti family will disown

e had always used as a lever to get what he wanted. He t

skey decanter on the bar and bring it down on hi

own hardened. "What we have, Vally,

way he'd hold me when I had nightmares about my childhood in the sy

I said, the words feeling

instant, he crossed the room and his hand c

voice low and dange

had never seen before. "You belong to me. You are mine.

I saw past the charming man I thought I loved and saw the ruthless soldier beneath. He wa

becoming a blank mask. Fighting him physically was pointless. He was stronger,

t the office to find the front door ajar. I heard voic

e door open

s standing in the middle of our living room, directing

ally. I was going to tell you. With the baby... Isabella can't

ogy. "I am so sorry to intrude," she said sweetly. "Mar

d-the proof of my work, my soul-was bare. In its place, leaning against the wall, was a large, framed port

. Wiping me from the walls, from

es pleading. He was complicit

ver the empty space where my proudest achievement-a com

here," she said, her voice dripping with po

, waiting for me to break. He rushed to her

nice. She's

rayal of my heart. It was an invasion. He had brought the enemy into m