DANTE
She molds to me like she was always meant to be there, the missing piece, and I don’t want to acknowledge that, not when I’m about to show her off to an entire room full of blood-thirsty assholes. Not when this cannot be about anything but revenge.
“What will happen at this event?” she asks once she’s not shivering anymore.
“It’s an auction put on by one of my associates. It’s important that you act the part of my wife. Do not speak unless spoken to. Do not look at anyone, eyes always down, and stay beside me at all times. I have more foes than friends in that place. Aleksei will be there, he is the only other person I trust.”
“Okay,” she says, her voice shaky.
“If you were to get away from me, and I couldn’t find you, some men far worse than myself could get ahold of you, and b
