Author's pov
The city of New York could feel both impossibly vast and surprisingly small, depending on the day.
Aria had believed she would never run into Reis again. That farewell dinner had felt final, like a door closing for good.
But fate rarely listened to what people wanted.
She was working on a new lead, tailing a Hollywood starlet who had a talent for turning scandals into headlines.
The woman was rumored to be engaged to Martin Spencer, one of New York's young power players.
It was the kind of story that paid rent and kept Aria's camera busy.
She was just about to take the perfect shot when everything went wrong. Alpha Gideon showed up out of nowhere.
The moment he saw her, his face lit up with that fake fatherly smile she knew too well, and he shouted he
