His dark eyes raked over her with a chilling stillness. Azzurra braced herself, fully expecting a violent reprisal for having dared to disrespect his brother.

But the towering brute simply stared her down with those glacial orbs and without uttering a word, he turned on his heel and walked away.

Just like that, the suffocating tension in the room lifted. Azzurra hadn’t even realized she’d been holding her breath until she began gulping in air like she was coming up from underwater. She ...