The day started with the usual start up of wedding preparations— calls from florists, venue confirmations, and Mia constantly texting about last-minute details.

Meanwhile Seraphina was seated in the sunlit lounge of Vnox’s penthouse, drinking her coffee as she went through a list of the final wedding arrangements, but Vnox wasn’t with her.

He had left early in the morning for “business.”

She remembered that an envelope had arrived in black thick paper and was sealed sealed shut ...