Marcello crouched low before her, then rose to his full, imposing height. Surely, he hadn’t just leapt from up there… had he?

Her eyes flicked to the balcony, then to the spot where he’d landed.

“Impossible,” she breathed, lips parting in stunned disbelief.

He caught the flicker of shock in her face and smirked, advancing with the slow, predatory grace of a hunter. She was still busy gauging the impossible distance of his inhuman jump when a sudden heat at her right side and ...