Luciana's POV

A battered sigh of relief fought its way from my lungs the moment I stepped out of his house. The last few minutes with Romano had been a suffocating, frustrating tangle. I wouldn't have survived another moment trapped with him. If I hadn't shoved him back, put him in his place, who knows what he might have done.

"Let's go." The command snapped from me, aimed at the air, as I strode toward the waiting car. Gael opened the rear door and as I was about get into the car, when I ...