Semua Bab Ex Luna's Revenge : Bab 11 - Bab 14

Alessia POV Seeing Luciano De Luca appear so suddenly in the bar made my heart race, even as my limbs refused to move in shock. This was a place for commoners. Why would he ever come here? And why did he look so furious? Typically, Luciano was the perfect picture of calm. Ever the gentleman—polite, reserved, always hiding his true emotions behind a cool, impenetrable façade. But now… I had never seen him like this. His face was twisted with rage, his jaw clenched tight, his hands curled as if they might shift into claws at any moment. Dressed in his expensive suit and perfectly knotted tie, he was entirely out of place in this hole-in-the-wall bar. He looked like a man headed for a high-rise gala downtown, not someone storming through a dim, smoke-filled tavern beneath an apartment building. His subordinates looked just as out of place. Their suits weren’t as costly as Luciano’s, but they were still unmistakably high-end—and no one else in the bar was wearing anything close t

Chiara's POV “That’s your imagination,” I said, my voice cold enough that I hoped Luciano De Luca would drop the subject entirely. He didn’t return to it. After a brief pause, however, he continued, “There are rumors that you are a mysterious Healer who travels from pack to pack, never staying in one place for long.” I was well aware of those rumors. In fact, I had carefully cultivated them myself—both to preserve the mystery surrounding Doctor B and to distance that identity from Chiara, the Alpha’s wife. “When I offered a collaboration,” Luciano went on, “I was simply expressing my interest in keeping you within the Nightfall Pack. Your talents are highly valued here. I’m confident we could provide enough challenge to maintain your professional curiosity.” I said nothing. I simply watched him. Only now did I notice the briefcase he’d been holding motionless at his side. He lifted it onto the reception desk and clicked open the latches. The lid popped up, and he withdrew a thi