THE MAFIA'S PRICE
Now he was here, successful, handsome, and looking at me like I was still that lonely girl from high school.
And Dante, my Dante, had watched the entire exchange with eyes like winter steel. His body was tense, radiating that quiet, dangerous energy I knew so well. Maxim, still lost in his worry for Ivan, didn’t seem to notice the undercurrent.
“Did you get anything useful?” Dante asked, voice low, his thumb stroking my side in what should have been comforting but felt more like restraint. I shook my head. “He won’t help. Neutrality policy. He doesn’t want to get involved in anything mafia-related.