After I submitted the application to sever the Mate Bond to the Commission, Damon refused to sign, exactly as I expected. In the application, I demanded that he leave with nothing— exit the Crescent Family, and all jointly held property would revert to me. The next day, I saw him at the gate of the mansion. He looked haggard, unshaven, with dark circles under his eyes. Like a true Rogue. “Elara, I didn’t sleep all night just to see you once.” His voice was hoarse. For me? Men were truly gifted at moving themselves. He had clearly spent the whole night terrified over the evidence. The day before, I had my lawyer send him a burn-after-reading file. Inside was every piece of ironclad proof of his collusion with enemies, murder of the former Don, and embezzlement of the Family. Tak

