Dante RomanoI shut the door behind me before I do something I’ll regret. My temples throb, my chest tightens, and my fists curl like they’re aching to punch through the wall.Five days. Five fucking days of Issa testing me, needling me, pushing me to the edge.No one has ever had this kind of hold over me. Not Garzolo, not the men who’ve bled on my floors begging for mercy, not even the endless politics of the Romano empire. But her. That woman. She manages to pull patience out of me I didn’t know I had.And patience has never been one of my virtues.I pace the narrow hallway of her apartment. I’ve been juggling calls with my capos, issuing orders all from this shoebox of an apartment. I should be at the mansion, where I belong. Instead, I’m here, trying to prove to Issa that I can be different. That I am different for her.Maybe I’m insane. Maybe she’s done a number on me. I’ve possessed plenty of women, and none of them made me want to bite my own tongue just to keep myself fr
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