Isabella’s POV

Every gaze in the room felt like individual blades slicing my skin as Sebastian led…dragged me back to the high table.

He turned us to face the crowd and, sure enough, all the eyes in the room were trained on us. Sebastian gripped my hand in his as he reached into his jacket with the other.

I watched in a sort of dazed delirium as he pulled out an onyx signet and lifted it in the air.

“My Seal,” Sebastian announced, as if anyone ...