A TALL HORNY STRANGER
Something shifted in Nico’s posture.
Not fear.
Calculation.
“Let her leave,” Nico said quietly.
Luca’s gaze snapped to me again.
“That’s not how leverage works.”
My blood ran cold.
“I’m not leverage,” I said, though my voice shook slightly.
“You are to him,” Luca corrected.
“Luca,” Nico warned.
That single word carried more than anger.
It carried memory.
Loyalty.
A last thread of something once shared.
But Luca’s expression didn’t soften.
“You built everything with me,” he said. “Then you decided you didn’t like how fast I wanted to climb.”