Davina's POV

My stomach turned.

Not because he was lying—but because he might not have been.

Diego’s eyes never left mine, hard as steel, daring me to challenge him. And the worst part? I couldn’t. Not when Carlotta’s life might be hanging by a thread.

I wanted to believe my sister would never agree to marry someone like him. But the calm certainty in his voice made me doubt everything—made me wonder if she hadn’t been a victim at all, but had chosen this monster.

And if she ...