The letter trembled in Sienna’s hands, her father’s words still echoing in her mind:
You are the weapon they fear most. And if you’re reading this, they’ve already come for you.
Luciano hadn’t spoken since she finished reading.
He just stood there, his gaze pinned to her like she might disappear if he blinked.
The silence between them was louder than any scream.
Sienna placed the letter back inside the velvet-lined box, her fingers brushing the silver serpent ring nestled beneath it.
The same ring she’d seen the man from the shadows wear.
The same one from her father’s study.
Her throat tightened. “He knew this would happen.”
Luciano nodded once, slow and grim. “Your father wasn’t just part of this world. He was preparing you for it. He just didn’t think it would come this fas
