Chapter 12: The Rules of the House
"You want answers? Then stop acting like a prisoner and start acting like one of us."
I'd made it as far as the front gate before Luca's men stopped me, polite but immovable, informing me that Mr. Vitale hadn't authorized my departure. By the time Dante found me in the courtyard, my fury had reached a boiling point that no amount of his calm was going to cool.
"One of you?" I repeated, incredulous. "I'm not part of your syndicate, Dante. I'm not one of your men."
"You wanted access to the truth." He stepped closer, close enough that I had to tilt my head to hold his gaze. "This is what access looks like."
"There are rules," Dante said, leading me toward his study, "if you're going to move through my world instead of simply living inside it."
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