CASSANDRA'S POV~
Dario took a step forward before I could even move. The sound of his hands clapping together echoed through the hall, and it sent an immediate ripple of dread through my spine. He chuckled—a sound so dark, so venomously amused, it sliced through the tense air.
“Well, well, well…” he drawled, voice loud enough to bounce off the chandeliered ceilings. “Look who finally decided to join us. The mighty Don of the Moretti family. The ghost in the shadows. The legend himself. Adriano Moretti,” he spat with mock admiration, his lips curling as the applause died, replaced by thick, suffocating silence. “Took you long enough.”
Adriano didn’t flinch. His jaw ticked, tightening like he was grinding bone instead of teeth. I saw the rage ripple through his body, saw his boot shift as
