Scarlet’s POV
On my way to the door, something slipped from my mouth before I could stop it.
“Ves, who is Lana?”
She paused in her tracks. “You met her?”
“She was at Dante’s house,” I whispered, staring down at my hands.
Vespara exhaled. “Look, I don’t know much about them. But… she has been Dante’s long-term partner. Not officially. He has never had a public mate or anything. But Lana, she is his… official unofficial thing. Call it a fuckbuddy, girlfriend, whatever. They are in an open relationship. It means they are free to sleep with other people… but they always return to each other.”
“Oh,” I whispered, my chest hollow. I didn’t know what else to say. There was nothing to say.
“Want me to drop you home?” she offered.
I shook my head, forcing a small smile. “No. I can go.”
And I left.
It was a good thing Ezra wasn’t with me. I needed the walk to clear my mind.
There was finally a way, however faint, that I could find my father. But my status was like that of a rogue, and that mean
