LOGINCassandra’s POV~The only thing I remembered—no, the only thing that kept playing like some cursed loop in my mind was the fire.The way it swallowed everything in seconds. The choking heat. The thick smoke clawing at my throat.And then Nico’s voice…his panic. Me screaming at him to go, to leave me, to get the hell out before it was too late. And then nothing. Just the roar of somet
Adriano’s POV ~I don’t even remember breathing.One second, the words were out of Salvatore’s mouth—“She’s dead”—and the next, something in me snapped. The sound that ripped from my throat wasn’t human. It was animal. It was hell itself tearing through my lungs.My body shot upright before I could ev
Adriano’s POV ~I felt my breath crawl to a stop inside my chest.It was the kind of stillness that cracked bones from the inside out. I exhaled…just once…and it felt like someone had shoved a jagged stone down my throat and forced me to swallow it whole. Very suffocating. I could barely hear the beeping monitors anymore. The pain in my
Cassandra’s POV ~The car slid to a stop in front of Nico’s penthouse, the tires screeching slightly against the wet pavement. My fingers trembled around the steering wheel, my breath catching in my throat as I just sat there for a moment, frozen, my heart in pieces that I wasn’t even sure I could gather anymore.I barely registered the sound of the front door opening until I saw Nico, stepping out in nothing but his grey pajama pants and a black T-shirt, his sharp eyes scanning the dark, deserted street like he was expecting danger to crawl out
ADRIANO’S POV~A groan tore from my throat before I even realized I was conscious.The pain hit first. A sharp, searing wave that ripped through my ribs and set my nerves on fire. I sucked in a breath… too fast, too shallow and it felt like knives slicing through my chest. My hand flew instinctively to my side, and the second I moved, agony lashed through me so hard I saw black for a moment.
Cassandra’s POV~At first, I didn’t believe what I was hearing.I pulled the phone away from my ear, staring at the screen like maybe I had misunderstood… or maybe my brain had started playing tricks on me. But no—Caterina’s name was still there, the call was still active, and her voice kept echoing through the speaker, just as smug and venomous as I remembered it.I froze.
ADRIANO'S POV~The room was dim. Quiet. The kind of quiet that suffocated more than it soothed.I sat there at the head of the round mahogany table, fingers tapping into the polished wood, the only sound left in the room after the capos had filed out. We’d just concluded a strategy meeting with the
CASSANDRA'S POV~I stepped back two slow, shaky steps, and a sharp gasp tore from my throat before I could stop it. Dario’s eyes gleamed with something dark as he cocked his head, lips curling into that cruel, mocking smirk I’d come to dread more than anything else.“Why do you like poking around s
CASSANDRA'S POV~Several black SUVs rolled to a stop in front of the building, their engines dying out one by one. The air felt thick. My breath hitched as I looked up at the structure in front of me.It looked like a mall—at first glance. A massive, modern fortress of glass and concrete. But then
CASSANDRA'S POV~My heart started racing the second I felt his stare cut through. A chill crept down my spine, curling into my bones as I looked up and met Dario’s eyes… sharp, unblinking, and far too still.There was something in the way he stared.Something off.I swallowed hard, tried to paste a







