Liars Like Us - Book 1: Legacy of Lies
And for the first time, she leaned — just slightly, barely a shift — but she leaned toward him.
The silence stretched, but it wasn’t the suffocating kind anymore. It was taut, fragile, humming with the weight of words that couldn’t be taken back.
Valentina leaned into Dante’s presence, her shoulder brushing his sleeve. Her body felt brittle, like glass, but the contact steadied her.
“I thought…” She swallowed, her voice a whisper. “I thought the first man I killed would be Cruz. Or some nameless soldier. Not Luca.”
Dante’s eyes sharpened. “Tell me.”