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00:00:00The night it started, I was wearing someone else's name.

00:00:07The gown was borrowed, the mask was porcelain, and it carried a stranger's perfume.

00:00:23The invitation belonged to my stepsister, and the money I was about to spend was never meant for me.

00:00:31None of it was mine, not the dress, not the identity, not the confidence required to walk into a room

00:00:39full of people who had been born knowing how to be in rooms like this.

00:00:46I told myself it was one night, in and out, no one would look closely enough to see through the

00:00:52mask.

00:00:55I was wrong.

00:00:58He looked, and he saw everything.

00:01:07His name was Dante Romano, chairman, crime lord.

00:01:13The kind of man who fills a room without trying, and empties it just as easily.

00:01:21He caught my invitation when I dropped it at the entrance.

00:01:25Large hand, unharried grip.

00:01:28Eyes that moved across the plerum of my mask and found my face beneath it.

00:01:34Before I understood what was happening,

00:01:37he already knew who I was.

00:01:39I'ma put you through these passes.

00:01:42Be the best you ever tasted.

00:01:44He had known before I arrived.

00:01:46Stay on your mind, come back every time, baby.

00:01:49I'ma keep you craving.

00:01:51What followed was not what I planned.

00:01:54It was a contract I signed under duress.

00:01:57A name I had to learn to answer to.

00:02:00A war I hadn't asked to be part of.

00:02:03And somewhere inside all of it,

00:02:06somewhere between the gunfire and the gasoline,

00:02:10and a man who poured both over himself to keep me alive,

00:02:14it became something I hadn't planned for either.

00:02:17This is how a woman with nothing

00:02:19becomes someone's everything.

00:02:23This is how a man who controlled everything

00:02:26learned to put the gun down first.

00:02:29I thought signing it would end the war,

00:02:31but it only changed the battlefield.

00:02:34He's not just a monster.

00:02:37He's my monster.

00:02:39This is our story.

00:02:44My name is Aria Sinclair.

00:02:47I clean for a living.

00:02:49Just enough to keep a roof over my head.

00:02:51I was wiping down the sink in the hotel powder room

00:02:54when the door flew open.

00:02:56Victoria stormed in and lunged for my collar

00:02:58before I could even turn around.

00:03:00Take this off.

00:03:02You're going to the bachelor auction tonight.

00:03:04In my place.

00:03:06I tried to push her off.

00:03:09Buttons popped from my shirt

00:03:10and clattered across the tile.

00:03:13What?

00:03:14I'm not playing your twisted games.

00:03:16She yanked me inches from her face,

00:03:19her grip ironed tight on the ruined fabric.

00:03:22You are.

00:03:23Do this and I'll cover your rent.

00:03:25Or you're out on the street.

00:03:27My phone lit up in my pocket.

00:03:29I didn't need to look.

00:03:30I already knew what the notification said.

00:03:32Final notice.

00:03:33The number that had been waking me at 3 in the morning

00:03:36for the past two weeks.

00:03:37She shoved a gown against my chest.

00:03:40Silk.

00:03:41Expensive.

00:03:42Not mine.

00:03:43You're bidding on Dante Romano.

00:03:44He owns the biggest restaurant empire in North America.

00:03:47I need his investment, but I'm too busy to go myself.

00:03:49Use my name.

00:03:50Use my card.

00:03:51Don't blow your cover.

00:03:52I looked down at the dress in my arms

00:03:54and felt the weight of having absolutely no other options.

00:03:59Fine.

00:04:00You promise you'll pay my rent?

00:04:02I promise.

00:04:04Hurry up and change.

00:04:06She left.

00:04:07I stepped into the stall and pulled the gown on in the dark.

00:04:10Already composing the version of this night,

00:04:13I'd tell myself afterwards.

00:04:15It was just one evening.

00:04:16Just one bid.

00:04:18Just one name that wasn't mine.

00:04:20I'd be home before midnight.

00:04:23No one would ever know.

00:04:25What I didn't know then,

00:04:27what I couldn't have known,

00:04:29was that Victoria had done me one final cruelty

00:04:33before I'd even left the room.

00:04:35Dante is actually a mafia prince

00:04:36from the most dangerous family in the city.

00:04:39I'm not stupid enough to mess with a monster like him.

00:04:44Try not to get yourself killed tonight, stepsister.

00:04:49She never said it to my face.

00:04:51Just thought it.

00:04:52I stepped out in the gown, mask in hand,

00:04:55and walked into the hotel ballroom

00:04:57with $50 in my own bank account

00:04:59and $1 million on her card.

00:05:04The ballroom blazed with chandelier light and old money.

00:05:10I found the seat labeled Victoria Sinclair

00:05:12and lowered myself into it,

00:05:15trying not to look like someone

00:05:16who had never sat anywhere this expensive.

00:05:19There was a plate of prime ribeye on the side table,

00:05:22untouched,

00:05:23like everything else within reach of these women.

00:05:26I picked up the fork without thinking.

00:05:29The steak was perfect.

00:05:32Nobody around me moved.

00:05:33A spotlight hit center stage.

00:05:35The host raised a microphone.

00:05:37Ladies, welcome to the bachelor auction.

00:05:39Let the bidding begin.

00:05:41Our premier bachelor tonight,

00:05:43the prince of the Italian restaurant syndicate,

00:05:45Dante Romano.

00:05:48He walked out like the room had been arranged around him.

00:05:52Jacket over one shoulder,

00:05:54silk shirt open at the collar,

00:05:57completely comfortable under 200 pairs of eyes.

00:05:59I stopped chewing.

00:06:02I recognized him instantly.

00:06:05The man from the entrance.

00:06:07The bidding started fast.

00:06:0950,000, 100, 300,

00:06:12paddles rising across the room.

00:06:15With the easy confidence of women

00:06:17who spent this kind of money weekly,

00:06:19I gripped mine without raising it,

00:06:22running the numbers in my head.

00:06:24Victoria's card had a limit.

00:06:26One million.

00:06:27A failsafe, she'd said.

00:06:28No one would actually bid that high.

00:06:31For a date.

00:06:32The room was slowing.

00:06:33Two paddles left, then one.

00:06:35A woman in the front row.

00:06:37Cold-eyed, perfectly still.

00:06:39I raised mine.

00:06:40One million dollars.

00:06:41Silence crashed over the ballroom.

00:06:43Every head turned.

00:06:44My cheeks went crimson.

00:06:47Sold!

00:06:47To Miss Victoria Sinclair!

00:06:52I exhaled.

00:06:53On stage, Dante Romano was looking straight at me.

00:06:56Not at the crowd.

00:06:57Not at the host.

00:06:58At me.

00:06:58With the dark, amused expression of someone

00:07:01who had just gotten exactly what he came for.

00:07:03Rent covered.

00:07:04I told myself.

00:07:05That's all this was.

00:07:07He stepped off the stage

00:07:09and started walking in my direction.

00:07:13A staff member guided me backstage

00:07:15with a bright, practiced smile.

00:07:17The winner's suite, she called it.

00:07:19Private.

00:07:20Champagne.

00:07:21A chance to meet your bachelor.

00:07:24The suite was dim.

00:07:26Dante was already inside.

00:07:28He leaned against the desk

00:07:29with a dead cigar crushed in the ashtray beside him,

00:07:32watching me cross the threshold.

00:07:34The way someone watches a door

00:07:35they've been waiting to open.

00:07:37He pushed off

00:07:38and started toward me,

00:07:40slow, deliberate,

00:07:42step by step.

00:07:43Impressive, Mrs. Victoria.

00:07:45A million dollars just to date me?

00:07:47I kept backing up

00:07:49until my shoulder blades hit the cold wall.

00:07:52He kept coming

00:07:53until his arms slammed against the wall beside my head,

00:07:57trapping me in his shadow.

00:07:58I had no idea you were so eager to have me.

00:08:02Well, you're very attractive.

00:08:04That was the only truth I told for tonight.

00:08:07He reached for my mask.

00:08:09I clamped both hands over it.

00:08:11Don't touch it!

00:08:12You dropped a million dollars to own me.

00:08:16Don't I get to see my buyer?

00:08:18He seized both my wrists in one hand

00:08:20and pinned them above my head.

00:08:22The mask hit the floor.

00:08:23He looked down at my face,

00:08:25and I looked up at his.

00:08:27And neither of us moved.

00:08:30I braced for recognition,

00:08:32for something in his expression

00:08:33to shift into understanding

00:08:35that I was not who the invitation said I was.

00:08:38Nothing shifted.

00:08:39Don't hide yourself.

00:08:42Unless you have something else to hide, Mrs. Victoria.

00:08:45The relief hit me so hard,

00:08:47my knees went weak.

00:08:48He didn't know what Victoria looked like.

00:08:50I could keep pretending.

00:08:52His eyes narrowed,

00:08:53calculating, amused.

00:08:56Cat got your tongue?

00:08:57Or are you lying to me?

00:08:59No.

00:09:01That sounded like a question.

00:09:03He noticed.

00:09:09He drove his knee between mine

00:09:11and pressed my back flat against the wall.

00:09:13Don't you want a little taste

00:09:15of your investment first?

00:09:19Before I could answer,

00:09:20he grabbed my hands

00:09:22and flattened my palms against his bare chest.

00:09:25He'd pulled his shirt open

00:09:26while I wasn't paying attention,

00:09:28buttons scattered somewhere.

00:09:30His skin was warm and hard,

00:09:32and I couldn't make my hands move.

00:09:34Touch what you bought.

00:09:38He guided my hands down slowly,

00:09:40over the ridged lines of his abs,

00:09:43past his V-line,

00:09:45stopping at the cold metal of his belt buckle.

00:09:48Like your investment so far?

00:09:49Go ahead.

00:09:51Unwrap the rest.

00:09:53I was reaching for it.

00:09:54I couldn't explain why,

00:09:56when the door burst open.

00:09:57Sir,

00:09:58the car is ready.

00:09:59I ripped my hands back.

00:10:01Dante shot Sam a lethal look.

00:10:03Sam's mouth snapped shut.

00:10:05I have somewhere to be.

00:10:07I have to go.

00:10:09I grabbed my gown

00:10:10and bolted.

00:10:11He didn't stop me.

00:10:13That was what I kept turning over

00:10:15on the way home.

00:10:16That he'd let me walk

00:10:17straight out of that suite,

00:10:18without a word.

00:10:19Not because he'd lost interest.

00:10:22Because he didn't need

00:10:23to hold me there.

00:10:25He already had what he came for.

00:10:27I just didn't know

00:10:28what that was yet.

00:10:29The thought sat cold

00:10:30on the back of my neck

00:10:31the whole way to my apartment.

00:10:33I told myself

00:10:34I was being paranoid.

00:10:35I told myself

00:10:36that all the way to my door,

00:10:37my pulse still high,

00:10:38the name on the auction receipt,

00:10:40Victoria Stinclair,

00:10:41starting to feel like something

00:10:43I'd tied around my own neck.

00:10:46Victoria called the next morning.

00:10:48Did you win the bid for Dante?

00:10:49How was he?

00:10:50I pressed a hand to my cheek.

00:10:52My skin still felt warm

00:10:53where he'd touched it.

00:10:55I did what you asked,

00:10:56now pay my rent.

00:10:57Not yet.

00:10:58You still have to go

00:10:58on the actual date

00:10:59and report back.

00:11:00No date, no rent.

00:11:01She hung up.

00:11:02I stared at the dead phone

00:11:03on the sidewalk, furious,

00:11:04and then a Rolls Royce Phantom

00:11:06glided to a stop

00:11:07six inches from my sneakers.

00:11:08The back Dante stepped out

00:11:09and across the distance

00:11:10in two long strides

00:11:11and stopped directly in front of me.

00:11:13I'm taking you

00:11:13on our million dollar date.

00:11:15Sign this.

00:11:15He handed me a folder.

00:11:16I opened it.

00:11:17A marriage contract.

00:11:18A marriage contract?

00:11:19Are you insane?

00:11:21I'm not marrying you.

00:11:22We just met.

00:11:23You don't even know me.

00:11:23He yanked me by the waist,

00:11:25slamming my back

00:11:25against the Rolls Royce door.

00:11:27His hand closed around

00:11:28both my wrists

00:11:29and pinned them

00:11:30against the hood.

00:11:30He leaned in

00:11:31until his lips

00:11:32were at my ear.

00:11:33I know everything about you.

00:11:35No, you don't.

00:11:36I know you want me

00:11:37so fucking bad.

00:11:39I bet you rub yourself

00:11:40alone at night,

00:11:41wishing it was

00:11:42my fingers inside you.

00:11:43The slap cracked out

00:11:45before I had

00:11:45a conscious thought.

00:11:46His head snapped

00:11:47to the side.

00:11:48I felt the sting

00:11:49across my entire palm.

00:11:51I stared at him.

00:11:52He turned back slowly,

00:11:54touched his cheek

00:11:55with the back

00:11:55of one finger

00:11:57and looked at me

00:11:58with something

00:11:59that was almost appreciation.

00:12:00I will never marry

00:12:01a man who humiliates

00:12:03me like this.

00:12:04I bolted down the sidewalk

00:12:05and didn't look back.

00:12:06Behind me,

00:12:07I heard Sam's voice,

00:12:09then Dante's,

00:12:10quiet and unhurried.

00:12:11Destroy her home.

00:12:13Make sure she has

00:12:13nowhere to go,

00:12:14except to me.

00:12:17I turned the corner

00:12:18to my street

00:12:19and stopped.

00:12:20Where my building

00:12:21had stood,

00:12:21there was nothing

00:12:22but a mountain of dust

00:12:23and broken concrete.

00:12:25Rebar jutted out

00:12:26at angles.

00:12:27Insulation spilled

00:12:28into the gutter.

00:12:29One of my neighbors

00:12:29sat on the curb

00:12:30holding a plastic bag

00:12:31with everything she'd saved.

00:12:33My landlord stepped out

00:12:34from behind the rubble.

00:12:35Two men flanked him,

00:12:36the kind with faces

00:12:37that had stopped caring

00:12:38about outcomes

00:12:39a long time ago.

00:12:40Laid on rent, Arya.

00:12:42The building is gone!

00:12:43How can you still-

00:12:44Lease still stands.

00:12:45Pay up,

00:12:46or I'll sell you

00:12:47to cover the debt.

00:12:48One of the men

00:12:49grabbed my chin

00:12:49and looked me over.

00:12:51Pretty little thing.

00:12:52She'll fetch a high price.

00:12:54I twisted away and ran.

00:12:56They caught me

00:12:56in three steps,

00:12:58arms clamped around mine,

00:12:59a hand over my mouth.

00:13:00I kicked and screamed

00:13:02into his palm.

00:13:03A Rorul's Royce Phantom

00:13:04hit the corner

00:13:05of the street

00:13:06hard enough

00:13:06to send the landlord

00:13:07scrambling backward.

00:13:08The door flew open.

00:13:10Dante stepped out

00:13:11in a long, dark coat,

00:13:12drew a handgun

00:13:13from inside it,

00:13:14and leveled it

00:13:14at the three men

00:13:15without breaking stride.

00:13:16No one touches my wife.

00:13:18The goons dropped

00:13:19to their knees.

00:13:20The landlord followed.

00:13:21Mr. Dante Romano,

00:13:22the mafia prince,

00:13:23we didn't know

00:13:24she was yours!

00:13:24I looked at Dante

00:13:25across the rubble

00:13:26in my work uniform

00:13:27covered in concrete dust

00:13:28and understood

00:13:29with horrible clarity

00:13:30that this was where

00:13:31he had been leading me

00:13:31all along.

00:13:32Every door,

00:13:33he had quietly closed.

00:13:34This exact street corner,

00:13:35this exact moment,

00:13:37nowhere left to go.

00:13:38He had engineered

00:13:39every inch of it.

00:13:40Dante stepped forward

00:13:41and stomped down

00:13:42on one of the goons' legs.

00:13:43The man screamed.

00:13:45The other went rigid.

00:13:46The landlord pressed his forehead

00:13:48to the broken pavement,

00:13:49shaking.

00:13:50Please, Mr. Romano,

00:13:51have mercy.

00:13:52I'll never touch her again,

00:13:53I swear.

00:13:54Dante kicked him hard

00:13:55in the chest,

00:13:56sent him sprawling,

00:13:57and raised the gun.

00:13:58You touched my wife.

00:14:00You're already dead.

00:14:03Then he turned

00:14:03and held the gun out to me.

00:14:05I'm not...

00:14:07I don't...

00:14:08He yanked me flush

00:14:09against his chest.

00:14:10His free hand slid up

00:14:12and covered my eyes.

00:14:13The world went black.

00:14:15His lips were at my hair.

00:14:17Ever touched a gun?

00:14:19No.

00:14:20No.

00:14:20He pressed the metal

00:14:22into my hands

00:14:23and closed my fingers

00:14:24around it,

00:14:25warm hand over my cold ones,

00:14:27his body solid behind mine.

00:14:29Hold it tight.

00:14:30Feel how hard it is

00:14:31and squeeze.

00:14:33His finger pressed down

00:14:34over mine.

00:14:34The trigger pulled.

00:14:35The shot cracked

00:14:36through the street

00:14:36and tore through my whole body.

00:14:38He uncovered my eyes.

00:14:39The three men were still there,

00:14:41kneeling,

00:14:42clutching their heads,

00:14:43gasping,

00:14:43unharmed.

00:14:44The landlord let out

00:14:45a broken, relieved laugh.

00:14:46Blanks.

00:14:47I stood in the street

00:14:48with the gun in both hands,

00:14:49shaking so hard

00:14:50I could feel it in my jaw

00:14:51and Dante leaned close

00:14:52to my ear.

00:14:53How did you feel

00:14:54when you pulled the trigger?

00:14:56I was scared.

00:14:58You can't be scared.

00:14:59You are a mafia wife.

00:15:01Watch and learn.

00:15:02He took the gun back,

00:15:03spun the calendar

00:15:04and fired three times.

00:15:06The men dropped

00:15:07and didn't get up.

00:15:08I clamped both hands

00:15:10over my mouth.

00:15:11Dante holstered the weapon

00:15:12and turned to me

00:15:13like the bodies

00:15:14behind him were furniture.

00:15:15He tipped my chin up

00:15:16with two fingers

00:15:17and looked at my face.

00:15:18These are the consequences

00:15:19of messing with the mafia.

00:15:20He was watching my expression

00:15:22with the same dark amusement

00:15:23he'd worn at the auction.

00:15:24I understood then

00:15:25in the worst possible way

00:15:27that he found me entertaining.

00:15:28If he ever found out

00:15:29I had lied to him,

00:15:30if he ever found out

00:15:31I was not Victoria,

00:15:32that I was just area,

00:15:33just a cleaner,

00:15:34this was what he would do.

00:15:36Sam appeared at his shoulder

00:15:37and held out

00:15:37a marriage contract.

00:15:38The corner was spladdished

00:15:39with something dark.

00:15:40Dante took it

00:15:41and offered it to me

00:15:41without blinking.

00:15:42Since you're homeless now,

00:15:43sign the contract

00:15:44and marry me.

00:15:45My protection

00:15:45is your only option.

00:15:46What if I don't want to?

00:15:48Dozens of armed men

00:15:49closed in from every direction,

00:15:51materialized from the edges

00:15:52of the street,

00:15:53from alleyways,

00:15:54from behind the rubble.

00:15:56Every weapon leveled

00:15:57at the space around me.

00:15:58I don't think

00:15:59you have a choice.

00:16:00I looked at the contract

00:16:02in my trembling hands.

00:16:03The ink blurred.

00:16:04I looked up at his face,

00:16:05the absolute absence

00:16:06of doubt in it,

00:16:07and picked up the pen.

00:16:08My name appeared on the line

00:16:09in small, shaking letters.

00:16:11He watched it happen.

00:16:12Something in his expression

00:16:13shifted.

00:16:14Not softened,

00:16:15but settled.

00:16:16The patience of a man

00:16:17whose plan

00:16:17had finally reached

00:16:18its last step.

00:16:19All around us,

00:16:20the armed men

00:16:21lowered their weapons

00:16:21in unison.

00:16:22The bridal dressing room

00:16:23was all mirrors

00:16:24and ivory light.

00:16:25Two maids stood behind me,

00:16:26pulling the corset laces tight.

00:16:28The gown was stunning,

00:16:29the kind of dress

00:16:29that existed to be photographed

00:16:31and not to actually

00:16:31be worn by anyone.

00:16:32Not so tight,

00:16:33I can barely breathe.

00:16:35They looked at each other

00:16:36and tug again.

00:16:38Then,

00:16:38the door opened.

00:16:39The maids left

00:16:40without a word.

00:16:41In the mirror,

00:16:42Dante appeared behind me.

00:16:43Too tight.

00:16:44He took the laces

00:16:46from where the maids

00:16:46had dropped them,

00:16:47slipped his fingers underneath,

00:16:48and pulled back.

00:16:49The corset came apart

00:16:50in one clean motion.

00:16:52The bodice slacked

00:16:53and dropped,

00:16:54and I grabbed for it

00:16:55with both hands,

00:16:55spinning halfway around.

00:16:57He was already there,

00:16:58arms circling my waist

00:16:59from behind,

00:16:59his chest plush

00:17:00against my bare back,

00:17:01lips at my ear.

00:17:02I'll be your husband.

00:17:04Call me Dante.

00:17:06He began relining it,

00:17:07slowly,

00:17:08each downward loop deliberate,

00:17:09his knuckles

00:17:10tracing my spine

00:17:11as he worked.

00:17:12My skin responded

00:17:12before I could stop it.

00:17:13He felt it.

00:17:14So responsive.

00:17:16Your body already knows

00:17:17who it belongs to.

00:17:18He reached the base

00:17:19of my spine

00:17:20and yanked the final lace tight.

00:17:21The force jerked me

00:17:22back against him.

00:17:23I gasped his name

00:17:24before I could think not to.

00:17:26His hand found my jaw

00:17:27and tilted my face

00:17:28toward our reflection.

00:17:30I can feel

00:17:31how much you want this.

00:17:32Dante,

00:17:33the wedding is about to start.

00:17:34He smirked,

00:17:35tied a perfect bow,

00:17:36and stepped back.

00:17:37Fine, little lamb.

00:17:38I can wait.

00:17:39See you at the altar.

00:17:40I stood alone

00:17:41in front of the mirror

00:17:42for a long moment,

00:17:43pressing one hand to my chest,

00:17:44trying to understand

00:17:45why I'd reacted to his touch

00:17:46the way I had.

00:17:47I didn't find an answer

00:17:48before the music started.

00:17:50Dante led me down the aisle.

00:17:51The church was full.

00:17:52Hundreds of faces I didn't know

00:17:54watched us walk toward the priest,

00:17:55who stood with the patient expression

00:17:57of a man who had performed

00:17:58this ceremony

00:17:58in front of dangerous people before

00:18:00and knew better

00:18:01than to show nerves.

00:18:02Dante stopped beside me

00:18:03at the altar.

00:18:03He turned.

00:18:04I turned.

00:18:05Our eyes met,

00:18:06and neither of us looked away.

00:18:07Do you, Victoria,

00:18:09take this man

00:18:10to be your lawfully wedded husband?

00:18:12Dante watched me.

00:18:13The trace of a smile

00:18:14at the corner of his mouth,

00:18:15knowing, private,

00:18:16pointed directly at me

00:18:17and no one else.

00:18:18I opened my mouth.

00:18:18I was never Victoria,

00:18:19and I was about to vow

00:18:21and marry a dangerous

00:18:22mafia prince.

00:18:23I didn't have any other choices.

00:18:24I... I do.

00:18:25The doors blew open.

00:18:26Blair stormed in

00:18:27from the back of the church,

00:18:28flanked by two massive bodyguards

00:18:30pointing straight at me.

00:18:31Stop the wedding!

00:18:32She's not who you think she is!

00:18:33The music cut off.

00:18:34The guests froze in place.

00:18:35Every secret I had hidden

00:18:37since the hotel powder room,

00:18:38since Victoria shoved the gown

00:18:39into my arms,

00:18:40since I raised that poil,

00:18:41since his thumb brushed my cheekbone

00:18:43and his eyes looked as if

00:18:44they had known all along

00:18:45rose in my chest at once.

00:18:46Dante didn't move.

00:18:47He stood beside me

00:18:48in perfect stillness,

00:18:50facing forward as always,

00:18:52and I couldn't read his face at all.

00:18:54The cathedral doors burst open.

00:18:56Blair Vance entered like a verdict.

00:18:58Stilettos striking the marble,

00:18:59armed men flanking her,

00:19:01chin lifted with the certainty

00:19:02of someone who had never been denied.

00:19:03She stopped directly in front of us.

00:19:05Stop this wedding!

00:19:06Our families have an ironclad pact!

00:19:08I am your rightful bride!

00:19:09Dante stepped in front of me,

00:19:11not sideways,

00:19:12in front,

00:19:13fully,

00:19:13his back to me,

00:19:14his body a wall

00:19:15between Blair and everything behind it.

00:19:18You're a day early, Blair.

00:19:19The Vanceur family pact

00:19:20isn't in effect yet.

00:19:21Blair's face twisted.

00:19:22She looked past him at me,

00:19:24her voice going raw

00:19:25with humiliation.

00:19:26So you dragged

00:19:28some random gutter crap

00:19:29off the street

00:19:30to humiliate my family like this?

00:19:32Watch how you speak

00:19:33about my wife.

00:19:33He reached back

00:19:34and found my hand.

00:19:36Then he raised it.

00:19:37Raised both our hands together,

00:19:38high,

00:19:39for every guest

00:19:40in that cathedral to see.

00:19:41Something cracked open

00:19:42in my chest.

00:19:43He was defending me,

00:19:44not because he had to,

00:19:45because he chose to,

00:19:46in front of everyone.

00:19:48I squeezed back.

00:19:49Then I stepped forward,

00:19:50closer to his side,

00:19:51and wrapped my arm around his.

00:19:53My voice came out

00:19:54steadier than I felt.

00:19:55You're the uninvited one.

00:19:56Please leave.

00:19:58You're ruining our wedding.

00:19:59Dante glanced down at me.

00:20:00Something flickered

00:20:01across his face.

00:20:02Surprise,

00:20:03quickly gone.

00:20:03Blair's hand set

00:20:04toward my cheek.

00:20:05I flinched.

00:20:06Dante's hand caught

00:20:07her wrist in midair.

00:20:09Don't you dare

00:20:10touch my wife.

00:20:11The cathedral

00:20:11went absolutely still.

00:20:13Dante shoved Blair backward.

00:20:15She stumbled,

00:20:16staring at him

00:20:16like she couldn't process

00:20:17what had just happened.

00:20:19Are you insane?

00:20:21You'd start a mafia war

00:20:22for this cheap gutter trash?

00:20:24She is my wife.

00:20:26I'll burn your entire family

00:20:27to ashes for her.

00:20:28Try me.

00:20:29I looked up at his profile.

00:20:30Something in me

00:20:31went dangerously soft.

00:20:32She's not Victoria!

00:20:34You married a fake!

00:20:36The words hit

00:20:36like a bucket of ice.

00:20:38I felt the blood

00:20:38drain from my face.

00:20:40Murmurs erupted

00:20:40through the pews.

00:20:41Dante's expression

00:20:42didn't change.

00:20:43Calm,

00:20:44contemptuous,

00:20:44immovable.

00:20:45He knows.

00:20:46Now he knows.

00:20:48What is he going

00:20:48to do to me?

00:20:50Security.

00:20:51Get her out.

00:20:52His men

00:20:53raised their weapons.

00:20:54Lairn's two bodyguards

00:20:55drew theirs.

00:20:56A standoff

00:20:57crackled through

00:20:58the cathedral.

00:20:58Blair pointed

00:20:59straight at me.

00:21:00You need to get out!

00:21:03You lying bitch!

00:21:05You really thought

00:21:06you could just pretend

00:21:08to be your stepsister

00:21:09and marry into the mafia?

00:21:12I don't know

00:21:13what you're talking about.

00:21:14Liar!

00:21:15You lied to a mafia prince

00:21:17this whole time!

00:21:19You're dead!

00:21:21I was shaking.

00:21:22Dante grabbed my arm

00:21:23and pulled me firmly

00:21:25behind his back again,

00:21:26shielding me completely.

00:21:27Then he looked

00:21:28at his men

00:21:29and said it

00:21:29with total calm.

00:21:30Throw them out.

00:21:31If she makes another sound,

00:21:33cut out her tongue.

00:21:34His guards

00:21:35lunged for Blair's men.

00:21:36Blair struggled wildly,

00:21:38twisting in their grip.

00:21:39No, I have proof!

00:21:40Bring in the real

00:21:41Victoria now!

00:21:42The doors at the back

00:21:43of the cathedral

00:21:44opened again.

00:21:44And there she was,

00:21:46my stepsister.

00:21:47Victoria.

00:21:48Walking down the aisle

00:21:49in a black dress,

00:21:51her expression

00:21:51caught between

00:21:52horror and calculation.

00:21:54Victoria was dragged

00:21:55to the center

00:21:55of the aisle.

00:21:56I bit my lips

00:21:57so hard I tasted blood.

00:21:58That's the real Victoria.

00:22:00He's gonna kill me now.

00:22:01He's actually gonna kill me.

00:22:02Dante watched me struggle

00:22:03to keep my face together.

00:22:05His expression

00:22:05didn't show anger.

00:22:06It showed something worse.

00:22:08Amusement.

00:22:09Blair yanked free

00:22:10from the guards

00:22:10and shushed Victoria forward.

00:22:12Tell him!

00:22:13Tell Dante

00:22:14who this bitch really is!

00:22:15Victoria looked at me.

00:22:17Something crossed her face.

00:22:18Guilt?

00:22:19Maybe?

00:22:19Or just the calculation

00:22:20of self-preservation.

00:22:22That's my stepsister,

00:22:23Aria.

00:22:24She's just a cleaner.

00:22:25She stole my invitation

00:22:26to the bachelor auction

00:22:28and pretended to be me.

00:22:29Gasps erupted

00:22:30through the room.

00:22:32Dante turned to me slowly.

00:22:34Is that true?

00:22:35Did you lie to me?

00:22:36I didn't steal it.

00:22:38She forced me to go.

00:22:39She threatened me

00:22:40with the rent.

00:22:41How could I force you?

00:22:44You wanted to crawl

00:22:45into the mafia prince's bed?

00:22:46Who knows

00:22:47what her real motive is.

00:22:49She's probably a spy

00:22:50bought by your enemies.

00:22:52Tears spilled down my face

00:22:53before I could stop them.

00:22:55My grip on Dante's sleeve

00:22:56tightened.

00:22:58Please believe me.

00:22:59I didn't even know

00:23:00you were a mafia prince.

00:23:03I didn't mean to lie to you.

00:23:05Too late to beg.

00:23:06The only way you're leaving here

00:23:07is in a body bag.

00:23:08Dante tilted my chin up

00:23:09with two fingers,

00:23:10forced me to look at him.

00:23:12I know they're telling the truth.

00:23:13My lips trembled.

00:23:15My vision blurred.

00:23:16Then the trace of a smile

00:23:17moved across his mouth.

00:23:18I've known you were a fake

00:23:19since the auction,

00:23:21little liar.

00:23:21What am I gonna do with you?

00:23:23Blair's smile spread wide.

00:23:25She thought she'd won.

00:23:26Are you going to kill me?

00:23:28Blair was already gloating

00:23:30to Victoria.

00:23:31Victoria exhaled

00:23:32in obvious relief.

00:23:33Thank God I made her

00:23:34take my place.

00:23:35Otherwise it would be

00:23:35me paying with my life.

00:23:37Dante, I know how

00:23:37you handle traitors.

00:23:38Don't make it quick.

00:23:39Make her suffer.

00:23:40Please.

00:23:41I swear I didn't mean to.

00:23:44Dante snapped his fingers.

00:23:46Armed guards flooded

00:23:47the room from every entrance.

00:23:48Blair's smile widened.

00:23:50Victoria shrunk back.

00:23:51Then Dante pointed,

00:23:53not at me.

00:23:53Grab them.

00:23:54The guards lunged

00:23:55for Blair and Victoria.

00:23:57Blair's composure

00:23:58shattered instantly.

00:23:59Dante, are you crazy?

00:24:00Grab the liar,

00:24:01not me!

00:24:02Dante pulled me

00:24:03against his chest,

00:24:04one arm around my waist,

00:24:05shielding me from

00:24:06the chaos entirely.

00:24:07He looked at the room.

00:24:08I know she's lying to me.

00:24:10I don't give a fuck.

00:24:11He paused.

00:24:13She'll be the one

00:24:14and only Mrs. Romano.

00:24:15My tears stopped.

00:24:17I stared up at him,

00:24:18stunned.

00:24:18She played you for a fool

00:24:19and you're still

00:24:20protecting her?

00:24:21Yes.

00:24:22I've known who she was

00:24:23from the very beginning.

00:24:24He lifted my hand.

00:24:25He pressed his lips

00:24:26to my knuckles,

00:24:27slow, deliberate,

00:24:28his eyes on mine

00:24:29the entire time.

00:24:30I'm not mad.

00:24:30I don't care who you are.

00:24:32You are the only woman

00:24:33I'm making my wife.

00:24:34The room erupted.

00:24:35Applause from the guests.

00:24:36Screaming from Blair,

00:24:38Dante turned to the guards

00:24:39with a flat finality

00:24:41of someone closing a door.

00:24:42The only reason

00:24:43they're leaving here breathing

00:24:44is because my wife

00:24:45showed them mercy.

00:24:47Throw them out.

00:24:48Blair and Victoria

00:24:49were dragged

00:24:49through the grand doors.

00:24:51Screaming,

00:24:51he turned back to me

00:24:52and touched my cheek.

00:24:55Now,

00:24:56let's finish the wedding.

00:24:58The priest smiled

00:24:59as Dante slid

00:24:59a massive diamond ring

00:25:00onto my finger.

00:25:01I now pronounce you

00:25:02husband and wife.

00:25:06Before I could process it,

00:25:07Dante bent and swept me up

00:25:09into a bridal carry.

00:25:10One arm under my knees,

00:25:12one around my back,

00:25:13the world tilting sideways.

00:25:15Dante,

00:25:15what are you doing?

00:25:16Taking you to our honeymoon,

00:25:18Vegas.

00:25:19He carried me

00:25:19straight out of the cathedral.

00:25:21The private jet

00:25:21sat on the termac,

00:25:23black,

00:25:24sleek,

00:25:25the size of something

00:25:26that belonged to someone

00:25:27who never waited

00:25:28for anything.

00:25:28I stared at it.

00:25:29This is yours?

00:25:31You're my wife now.

00:25:33Everything I have is yours.

00:25:35Inside,

00:25:35the cabin was soft leather

00:25:36and low light.

00:25:37A flight attendant,

00:25:38Chloe,

00:25:3920-nothing,

00:25:40in a uniform she seemed

00:25:41to be wearing

00:25:42as a weapon,

00:25:43leaned forward

00:25:44to hand Dante a scotch,

00:25:45the neckline of her jacket

00:25:46doing work it wasn't

00:25:47designed to do.

00:25:48Dante didn't look at her.

00:25:50I need to take a call.

00:25:51Make yourself comfortable.

00:25:55He disappeared

00:25:56into the private office.

00:25:57Chloe's smile evaporated

00:25:58the moment he was gone.

00:26:00She turned to me

00:26:01with a glass of water

00:26:02and eyes

00:26:03like a closed door.

00:26:04Need anything?

00:26:05Before I could answer,

00:26:07she tilted the pitcher

00:26:08and poured ice water

00:26:09directly onto my wedding dress.

00:26:11I gasped

00:26:12and lurched to my feet.

00:26:14What are you doing?

00:26:17Did you do that on purpose?

00:26:20Chloe crossed her arms.

00:26:23So what?

00:26:25No one is going to care

00:26:26what happens

00:26:27to a tacky

00:26:28little country bumper

00:26:29like you.

00:26:30I've seen dozens

00:26:31of his wives

00:26:31on this jet.

00:26:33None of them last.

00:26:34What makes you so special?

00:26:36The words landed

00:26:37somewhere they

00:26:38wasn't supposed to reach.

00:26:40She's right.

00:26:41Why would a mafia prince

00:26:42love someone like me?

00:26:43I was just convenient.

00:26:44A contract bride.

00:26:46Nothing special.

00:26:47The cabin door opened.

00:26:49Dante stepped back in

00:26:50and stopped.

00:26:51He took in the soaked dress.

00:26:53The ice water

00:26:54pooling on the cabin floor.

00:26:56My red eyes.

00:26:57His gaze moved to Chloe

00:26:58with the specific stillness

00:26:59that permeated

00:27:00something final.

00:27:01What the hell

00:27:02did you just do

00:27:03to my wife?

00:27:03Mr. Romano

00:27:04it wasn't my fault.

00:27:06I was just teaching

00:27:07her the rules.

00:27:08You're fired.

00:27:09Please.

00:27:10I've been your

00:27:11exclusive attendant

00:27:11for five years.

00:27:13Before I throw you

00:27:14off this plane

00:27:16get out of my sight.

00:27:18Chloe fled

00:27:19to the back

00:27:19of the cabin.

00:27:21Dante crossed to me.

00:27:22He reached for the straps

00:27:23of my soaked dress.

00:27:26You'll freeze.

00:27:27Let's get this off.

00:27:28I flinched back.

00:27:28Don't.

00:27:29He stopped.

00:27:30Frowned.

00:27:31The show is over, Dante.

00:27:33You don't have to play

00:27:34the doting husband

00:27:35when no one's watching.

00:27:38He grabbed my chin

00:27:39and turned my face

00:27:40toward his.

00:27:41You think I just fired

00:27:42my staff of five years

00:27:43for a show?

00:27:44I held his gaze.

00:27:45I think your staff

00:27:46was right.

00:27:46I'm just a contract

00:27:47wife to you.

00:27:48Let's keep it professional.

00:27:50Something shifted

00:27:50in his expression.

00:27:51He released my chin.

00:27:53His voice went cold.

00:27:55Fine.

00:27:55As you wish.

00:27:57We landed.

00:27:57Dante pulled his

00:27:58American Express card

00:27:59from his wallet

00:28:00and dropped it

00:28:01into my lap

00:28:01without looking at me.

00:28:02Spend my money.

00:28:03Start acting

00:28:03like a mafia wife.

00:28:04He stood and walked

00:28:05to the exit

00:28:06without another word.

00:28:07I sat alone

00:28:08in the cabin,

00:28:09the soap dress

00:28:09cold against my skin,

00:28:10the card in my hands.

00:28:12Fine.

00:28:12I'll be your perfect

00:28:13contract wife

00:28:14and nothing more.

00:28:15The hotel lobby

00:28:16was marble and crystal

00:28:17and people who moved

00:28:18like they belonged there.

00:28:20I didn't belong there.

00:28:21I sat at the bar

00:28:22a dry I'd found

00:28:22in the suite's wardrobe,

00:28:24staring at the black card

00:28:25on the counter

00:28:25in front of me,

00:28:26turning it over and over.

00:28:27Dante had gone

00:28:28straight back to work.

00:28:29Honeymoon.

00:28:30First night,

00:28:31back to work.

00:28:32Contract wife,

00:28:33dumped at the hotel

00:28:33on her honeymoon.

00:28:34A wave of noise

00:28:35broke over me.

00:28:36A group of girls,

00:28:38glittery and laughing

00:28:39and moving at the speed

00:28:40of people who had decided

00:28:41tonight was going

00:28:42to be a good one.

00:28:43The one in front,

00:28:43blonde, wide grin,

00:28:44moving too fast

00:28:45for the crowd,

00:28:45clipped my shoulder.

00:28:47Oh my God,

00:28:48I'm so sorry.

00:28:48Wait, why is a girl

00:28:50as hot as you

00:28:50sitting here alone?

00:28:51My husband had to work,

00:28:53so I'm just...

00:28:53In Vegas?

00:28:54Screw that!

00:28:54It's my birthday.

00:28:55I'm officially kidnapping you.

00:28:56We're going to

00:28:57Magic Mike Live.

00:28:58I thought about

00:28:58the suite upstairs,

00:29:00about sitting in it alone

00:29:01until Dante got back

00:29:02or performed

00:29:02Nothing for Nobody.

00:29:03Dante doesn't care

00:29:04about me anymore.

00:29:05I deserve to have some fun.

00:29:06Yes.

00:29:08Let's go.

00:29:09At the club,

00:29:09bass thumbed through the floor

00:29:10and neon turned

00:29:11everything red.

00:29:12Women screamed around me.

00:29:13I sat ridgely

00:29:14in the front row,

00:29:15hands in my lap,

00:29:16until Miller nodded

00:29:17at the waiter

00:29:18and looked at me.

00:29:19It's your birthday too now.

00:29:21Drink.

00:29:21I looked at the

00:29:21cheap prosoco on the tray.

00:29:23Then, I took the black card

00:29:24out of my clutch

00:29:24and slapped it down.

00:29:25Bring us the most

00:29:26expensive champagne you have.

00:29:28It's on me.

00:29:29The girl screamed.

00:29:31Across the city,

00:29:32in a Romano group boardroom,

00:29:34Dante's phone lit up.

00:29:38He arrived the way

00:29:39he always arrived,

00:29:40without warning,

00:29:41without rushing.

00:29:42I didn't see him at first.

00:29:44I was outstair.

00:29:44The stripper had spotted me

00:29:46from the stage

00:29:46and grinned.

00:29:47The crowd had screamed.

00:29:48I'd shaken my head frantically.

00:29:50He grabbed my wrist

00:29:51and hauled me up

00:29:51before I finished the sentence.

00:29:53He planted me

00:29:53in a leather chair

00:29:54at center stage,

00:29:55straddled my lap

00:29:55and grounded his hips

00:29:56to the music

00:29:57with his bare chest

00:29:57six inches from my face.

00:29:59The crowd lost their minds.

00:30:01He grabbed my hand

00:30:02and dragged it

00:30:03toward his abs.

00:30:04I tried to pull back.

00:30:05He held my palm

00:30:06flat against his skin.

00:30:07Then the entrance doors

00:30:08crashed open.

00:30:09Dante stood in the doorway

00:30:10in a black suit,

00:30:11completely still,

00:30:12looking across the club

00:30:13directly at me.

00:30:13He walked through the crowd

00:30:15like it wasn't there.

00:30:16The stripper stepped

00:30:16into his path.

00:30:17Hey, can't be up here.

00:30:18One punch.

00:30:19Clean.

00:30:20The man went down.

00:30:22Dante stepped over him

00:30:24and pinned my hands

00:30:25to the armrests

00:30:25of the chair,

00:30:26leaning in close.

00:30:28Having fun, wifey?

00:30:30I shrunk back

00:30:31into the seat,

00:30:32my heart hammering.

00:30:33You left me alone

00:30:34on our honeymoon

00:30:34for work.

00:30:35I was just...

00:30:36Put me down!

00:30:37Everyone is watching!

00:30:38His hand landed

00:30:38square on my backside.

00:30:40I gasped frozen.

00:30:41I have every right

00:30:41to take my wife out of here.

00:30:42Then he pressed his lips

00:30:43directly against

00:30:44my exposed thigh.

00:30:45He carried me

00:30:45straight through the crowd

00:30:46and out into the Vegas night

00:30:47without setting me down.

00:30:48He tossed me

00:30:49onto the hotel bed.

00:30:50I scrambled backward

00:30:51on my hands,

00:30:52heart pounding,

00:30:53watching him.

00:30:54He was breathing hard,

00:30:55not from the walk,

00:30:56not from the crowd,

00:30:57from something else.

00:30:58You have one minute

00:30:58to explain

00:31:00before I decide

00:31:00how you'll be punished.

00:31:01What do you mean?

00:31:04He unbuckled his leather belt

00:31:06and yanked it free.

00:31:07My eyes went wide.

00:31:08My wife misbehaved,

00:31:09so she needs to learn

00:31:10the consequences.

00:31:11He lunged.

00:31:12The belt looped

00:31:13around my wrists,

00:31:13once, twice,

00:31:14and I was bound.

00:31:15I pushed at his chest

00:31:16with both hands

00:31:17bound to their now,

00:31:17trying to create distance.

00:31:18I didn't do anything wrong!

00:31:19You left me alone

00:31:20on our honeymoon for work,

00:31:22so I found my own fun!

00:31:23Dante grabbed

00:31:24the tail of me forward,

00:31:25yanked it.

00:31:25The force jerked me forward

00:31:26until we were face to face.

00:31:27Fun,

00:31:28half-naked strippers

00:31:28are your idea of fun?

00:31:30Those men actually

00:31:30looked at me!

00:31:31I hadn't meant to say it,

00:31:33but I couldn't take it back.

00:31:35To you,

00:31:36I'm just a signature

00:31:36on a contract.

00:31:37You don't have to pretend to care!

00:31:39You think a stupid contract

00:31:39makes me want to kill

00:31:40any guy who looks at you?

00:31:41I didn't know I could

00:31:42lose my mind

00:31:42over someone like this!

00:31:43You're jealous.

00:31:44You're actually

00:31:45gelling over me.

00:31:46He held my graze.

00:31:47Something in his expression

00:31:48dropped all its armor.

00:31:49I am losing my mind

00:31:50over you.

00:31:51Insanely.

00:31:52He kissed me.

00:31:53Not carefully.

00:31:54Not the way he'd kissed

00:31:55my hand at the altar

00:31:56controlled and public

00:31:57and safe.

00:31:58This was everything

00:31:59he'd been holding back.

00:32:00All day,

00:32:01all week,

00:32:02maybe longer than that

00:32:03and I felt it in my knees

00:32:04and my chest

00:32:04and somewhere further down.

00:32:06I yielded before I decided to.

00:32:07My bound hands

00:32:08found his face.

00:32:10I cupped his jaw

00:32:11and pulled him deeper

00:32:12and tasted the champagne

00:32:13on him

00:32:14and didn't think about

00:32:15contracts or Chloe

00:32:16or what any of this

00:32:17was supposed to mean.

00:32:19Tell me to stop.

00:32:20I didn't tell him to stop.

00:32:22What happened after that?

00:32:24I wasn't going to think about

00:32:26clearly for a long time.

00:32:28Morning came through

00:32:29the curtains of the

00:32:29presidential suite,

00:32:30warm and disorienting.

00:32:32I woke clutching the duvy

00:32:33blinking at the light.

00:32:34Dante stood at the mirror,

00:32:36already dressed,

00:32:37adjusting his tie.

00:32:38Good morning, wife.

00:32:39There was a line of stylers

00:32:40waiting against the wall.

00:32:41Racks of Hau Couture gowns.

00:32:43Velvet trays of diamonds.

00:32:44I stared at all of it.

00:32:46What is all this?

00:32:47He crossed the room

00:32:48and scooped me up

00:32:49from the bed.

00:32:50Dante.

00:32:51He carried me to the stylers

00:32:52and set me in front of them.

00:32:54Pick whatever you like.

00:32:56This is too much.

00:32:57You're my wife.

00:32:58You can have anything you want.

00:33:01He stepped behind me

00:33:02and lifted a diamond necklace

00:33:03from the velvet tray.

00:33:04His fingers were careful

00:33:06at my neck,

00:33:06cold clasp,

00:33:07warm skin

00:33:08and I watched him

00:33:09in the mirror as he worked.

00:33:10He met my eyes

00:33:11in the reflection

00:33:11and held them.

00:33:12And you'll attend

00:33:13the Black Orid Gala

00:33:14on my arm

00:33:14as my wife.

00:33:15I touched the stones

00:33:16at my throat.

00:33:17They were heavier

00:33:18than they looked.

00:33:19Make my wife unforgettable.

00:33:21The stylist swept me

00:33:22toward the dressing room.

00:33:23I glanced back

00:33:24over my shoulder,

00:33:25flushed,

00:33:26unsteady,

00:33:26and caught him

00:33:27leaning against the window

00:33:28watching the door close

00:33:29with something warm

00:33:30in his face.

00:33:30Then his phone buzzed.

00:33:32He answered it.

00:33:34The warmth vanished.

00:33:35Father.

00:33:36Victor's voice came through

00:33:37cold and furious.

00:33:38I heard what you did

00:33:39at the wedding.

00:33:40Risking a war

00:33:41with Blair Vance's family

00:33:42for a goddamn cleaner?

00:33:43You've lost your mind.

00:33:45The dressing room doors opened.

00:33:46I stepped out

00:33:47in the finished gown,

00:33:48transformed,

00:33:49glittering,

00:33:49not quite recognizing myself

00:33:50until they turned in

00:33:51and looked at me.

00:33:52Our eyes locked

00:33:53across the room.

00:33:54She's the last Falcone

00:33:55they kept hidden

00:33:55and that name still carries weight.

00:33:57I know what I'm doing.

00:33:58He ended the call

00:33:59without another word.

00:34:01I didn't ask about it.

00:34:02He extended his arm

00:34:03and I took it

00:34:04and we walked out together

00:34:06into whatever came next.

00:34:08The Black Oread Gala

00:34:08was chandeliers

00:34:09and old money

00:34:10and people who had never

00:34:11once doubted

00:34:11they belonged anywhere.

00:34:12I doubted it

00:34:13with every step.

00:34:14Dante kept me close,

00:34:15his hand over mine

00:34:16where I gripped his arm,

00:34:17his body angled

00:34:18slightly in front of mine

00:34:19whenever someone

00:34:19stepped too near.

00:34:21I've never been

00:34:21to a place like this before.

00:34:23He covered my hand.

00:34:24His thumb moved

00:34:25in a slow stroke

00:34:25across my wrist.

00:34:26Relax.

00:34:27You look perfect.

00:34:28Just follow my lead.

00:34:29I almost believed him.

00:34:30He steered us toward

00:34:31a tall man

00:34:32standing apart from the crowd.

00:34:33Leon Falcone,

00:34:3450, still and watchful

00:34:35and utterly in command

00:34:36of his corner of the room.

00:34:37His associate scrambled away

00:34:38the one St. Dante approached.

00:34:39Mr. Leon Falcone,

00:34:41meet my wife,

00:34:42Aria Sinclair.

00:34:43Leon went completely still.

00:34:44His eyes snapped wide,

00:34:45something raw and stud

00:34:46moving through his face

00:34:47before he could lock it down.

00:34:48I had never met this man

00:34:49in my life,

00:34:49but something about him

00:34:50made my chest ache

00:34:51with an unnamed familiarity.

00:34:52I forced a polite smile

00:34:53and extended my hand.

00:34:55An honor to meet you,

00:34:56Mr. Falcone.

00:34:56Leon grasped my fingertips

00:34:57gently.

00:34:58His eyes glistered red.

00:35:00The honor is mine.

00:35:01I pulled my hand back,

00:35:02unsettled by the intensity

00:35:04of his expression.

00:35:05We've never met.

00:35:06So why does he feel like

00:35:07someone I've always known?

00:35:10Dante pressed a champagne

00:35:11flask into my hand.

00:35:13Go mingle, Aria.

00:35:14I need a private word

00:35:16with Mr. Falcone.

00:35:20I nodded and walked away.

00:35:22Behind me,

00:35:23I heard Leon's voice

00:35:24drop to something

00:35:25low and lethal.

00:35:26You dragged my daughter

00:35:27back into the mafia world.

00:35:28What do you want?

00:35:29An alliance.

00:35:31It's mutually beneficial

00:35:32for both our families.

00:35:35You cold-blooded bastard.

00:35:37You're using my daughter

00:35:38as leverage.

00:35:39I'm using my name

00:35:40to protect her.

00:35:42Something you failed to do

00:35:43while she was suffering

00:35:44on the streets.

00:35:47I didn't understand

00:35:48any of it.

00:35:50I stood alone

00:35:51by a massive

00:35:52crystal champagne tower,

00:35:54tugging at the hem

00:35:55of my gown,

00:35:57watching people

00:35:58who had spent

00:35:58their whole lives

00:35:59in rooms like this.

00:36:01Will I ever stop feeling

00:36:03like I'm wearing

00:36:03someone else's life?

00:36:05Blair stepped into my path.

00:36:07She came in from my left,

00:36:08materializing out of the crowd

00:36:09with a glass in her hand

00:36:11and a smile

00:36:11that didn't reach her eyes.

00:36:13She looked me up and down,

00:36:15slow, deliberate.

00:36:16The way someone looks

00:36:18at a stain

00:36:18they're considering removing.

00:36:20Who let the cleaner in?

00:36:23I can't believe

00:36:24you have the nerve

00:36:25to show your face

00:36:26at an exclusive gala

00:36:27like this.

00:36:29I kept my face still.

00:36:31Don't make a scene.

00:36:33Do not make a scene.

00:36:37Excuse me.

00:36:38I'm leaving.

00:36:39I turned.

00:36:40Her stiletto came down

00:36:42on the trailing hem

00:36:43of my gown.

00:36:44The fabric tore wide open.

00:36:47I nearly went down.

00:36:53I didn't say you could leave.

00:36:59Across the room,

00:37:00Dante and Leon

00:37:02heard the crack

00:37:02of shattering cloth

00:37:03over the music.

00:37:06Both of them turned.

00:37:08Blair grabbed a fistful

00:37:09of my hair.

00:37:10The pain was immediate

00:37:11and sharp.

00:37:12I gasped,

00:37:13couldn't stop it,

00:37:14and my hand

00:37:15flew up instinctively.

00:37:16Stop it!

00:37:17What do you want?

00:37:18I want you out of my world.

00:37:20I want my place back

00:37:22as Mrs. Romano.

00:37:23She shoved me backward.

00:37:25Hard.

00:37:27I crashed

00:37:28into the champagne tower.

00:37:30And the whole pyramid

00:37:31went with me.

00:37:35Hundreds of crystal glasses

00:37:37shattered,

00:37:38Blair yanked me

00:37:39by the arm

00:37:40and slammed me

00:37:41onto the soaking floor.

00:37:43I laid there

00:37:45in the wreckage.

00:37:46With every eye

00:37:47in the hall

00:37:48locked onto me,

00:37:50Blair turned

00:37:50to the crowd,

00:37:52performing horror.

00:37:53How terribly clumsy!

00:37:55Look what she did!

00:38:00We need to teach

00:38:02this cheap wrap

00:38:02a lesson

00:38:03for ruining

00:38:04the vintage champagne.

00:38:08I didn't mean to!

00:38:10It was her!

00:38:11She pushed me!

00:38:13Shut up!

00:38:17How dare you

00:38:18talk back to me!

00:38:23She snapped her fingers.

00:38:25Two goons

00:38:25stepped forward

00:38:26and hauled me

00:38:27to my knees.

00:38:28Blair picked up

00:38:29a jagged spirit

00:38:30of broken glass

00:38:31and walked toward me

00:38:32with the unharried confidence

00:38:33of someone

00:38:34who had never been stopped.

00:38:37Let's see if Dante

00:38:38still wants you

00:38:39when your face

00:38:40is carved to pieces.

00:38:41She gripped my chin,

00:38:43pressed the sharp edge

00:38:45against my cheek.

00:38:47No!

00:38:48Don't!

00:38:49Don't!

00:38:50The bullet

00:38:51grazed her arm,

00:38:52blood blooming

00:38:53instantly through her sleeve.

00:38:55Blair screamed

00:38:56and she dropped the glass.

00:39:02Through the chaos,

00:39:04the crowd parted.

00:39:06Dante walked toward me

00:39:07with a smoking gun

00:39:08in his hand

00:39:09and absolute murder

00:39:11in his eyes.

00:39:16Nobody touches my wife.

00:39:18He stripped his jacket off

00:39:19and wrapped it

00:39:20around my shoulders.

00:39:21He pulled me

00:39:22against his chest.

00:39:23Blair stared

00:39:24at the blood on her arm,

00:39:25pale and shaking.

00:39:27You shot me?

00:39:28I'll call my father.

00:39:29He will destroy

00:39:29the Romano family

00:39:30for this.

00:39:31This is war!

00:39:32Then your family

00:39:32is at war

00:39:33with the Falcones too.

00:39:36Leon shot Blair's

00:39:37two goons dead.

00:39:39Blair's legs gave out.

00:39:40She collapsed

00:39:41to the floor,

00:39:42trembling.

00:39:43I stared at Leon,

00:39:45stunned.

00:39:46Why is he defending me?

00:39:48Dante looked down

00:39:49at Blair with

00:39:50ice-cold contempt.

00:39:52Tell your father

00:39:52I'm cutting all ties.

00:39:54The Vances are finished.

00:39:55And listen up.

00:39:57Anyone who backs them

00:39:58is at war

00:39:59with the Romano.

00:40:00No!

00:40:00You can't!

00:40:02Dante!

00:40:03He gestured.

00:40:04His guards grabbed her.

00:40:06They dragged her out

00:40:08screaming.

00:40:11Then his hand

00:40:12found my draw,

00:40:13tipping my face up.

00:40:15Are you hurt?

00:40:16I shook my head.

00:40:18I just need a minute

00:40:19to clean myself up.

00:40:21I pulled away.

00:40:22I slipped down

00:40:23the corridor alone.

00:40:25His jacket was too big.

00:40:27I pulled it tighter

00:40:28around my shoulders

00:40:29and tried to breathe.

00:40:31Arya had a glass shard

00:40:32against her face.

00:40:33She's not safe with you.

00:40:35I handled it.

00:40:35I always will.

00:40:37She is under my protection.

00:40:39I need more

00:40:40than your word.

00:40:42I didn't hear

00:40:43Dante's answer.

00:40:48A hand clamped

00:40:49hard over my mouth.

00:40:50He wrenched me

00:40:52backward toward the exit.

00:40:53A pretty thing

00:40:54at a gala like this,

00:40:55you're gonna fetch me

00:40:56a massive ransom.

00:40:57I thrashed with

00:40:58everything I had.

00:40:59I bit down on his hand

00:41:01as hard as I could.

00:41:04Dante!

00:41:04Help!

00:41:06Dante, help!

00:41:17The world went dark.

00:41:20Help!

00:41:21Back in the hall,

00:41:23Dante and Leon

00:41:23heard my scream

00:41:24at the same moment.

00:41:25Dante's face

00:41:26went to stone.

00:41:28Shut up and move.

00:41:29My snipers have had

00:41:30eyes on her all night.

00:41:31We are getting her back

00:41:33right now.

00:41:34He drew his gun.

00:41:35He drew his gun

00:41:36and sprinted.

00:41:38Leon followed.

00:41:45Outside,

00:41:46the robber was dragging

00:41:47me toward a black van.

00:41:48The side entrance

00:41:49burst open.

00:41:50Dante and Leon

00:41:51came through at a run.

00:41:52The robber saw them

00:41:53and hauled me upright.

00:41:54He pressed his gun

00:41:55to my temple

00:41:55and used my limp body

00:41:57as a shield.

00:41:57Back off!

00:41:58Give me a safe passage out

00:41:59or I blow her brains out!

00:42:01A sniper's laser dot

00:42:02swept across the robber's chest

00:42:04and couldn't hold.

00:42:05Too close.

00:42:07Too much risk.

00:42:08Your sniper

00:42:09doesn't have a shot.

00:42:11What do we do?

00:42:15Dante slowly lowered his gun

00:42:17and raised both hands.

00:42:19His voice came out

00:42:19completely stead.

00:42:21Easy.

00:42:21You want money?

00:42:22The robber nodded,

00:42:24sweating.

00:42:24Dante took a step forward.

00:42:25The gun shifted,

00:42:26pointing at Dante now instead.

00:42:28Dante kept walking,

00:42:28step by step,

00:42:30unhurried.

00:42:31Let's make a trade.

00:42:33Her for me.

00:42:35Why the hell

00:42:36would you do that?

00:42:40Because she matters more.

00:42:43He lunged.

00:42:45The gun went off.

00:42:47The bullet grazed his cheek.

00:42:49Blood immediately.

00:42:50But he didn't even flinch.

00:42:51He snapped the robber's

00:42:53wrist backward.

00:42:55His arm came around my waist,

00:42:57pulling me hard

00:42:57against his chest.

00:43:01I woke up in his arms.

00:43:03Dante's face hovered above mine.

00:43:05Blood traced a line down his jaw

00:43:06from the greys across his cheek.

00:43:08His dark eyes were soft

00:43:09in a way I hadn't seen before.

00:43:11He looked at me like

00:43:12he'd been waiting for me

00:43:13to open my eyes

00:43:13and couldn't quite believe I had.

00:43:15Got you.

00:43:16His guards swarmed

00:43:17the scene behind him.

00:43:18The robber was on his knees,

00:43:20begging.

00:43:20I'll never do it again.

00:43:21Please, let me go.

00:43:23Leon shot the robber dead

00:43:24before Dante could respond.

00:43:26Dante looked up,

00:43:27surprised.

00:43:28Leon holstered his gun calmly.

00:43:30I prefer to handle threats

00:43:31to my daughter myself.

00:43:35He patted Dante's shoulder.

00:43:38Thank you, Dante,

00:43:40for getting to Arian time.

00:43:42Every time.

00:43:43She's my wife.

00:43:44I will do whatever it takes

00:43:45to keep her safe.

00:43:48Now we can discuss

00:43:50a business alliance.

00:43:52But you swear

00:43:53to keep her true identity

00:43:54a secret.

00:43:59I won't have her life

00:44:00complicated by our world.

00:44:02You have my word.

00:44:03Inside the gala's

00:44:04quiet lounge,

00:44:05Dante carried me in.

00:44:07Dante laid me down

00:44:08on a plough sofa.

00:44:09I opened my eyes slowly.

00:44:12Dante.

00:44:13He gripped my hand

00:44:14immediately.

00:44:15I'm right here.

00:44:16The doctor is on the way.

00:44:18Leon exhaled in relief.

00:44:20He turned toward the door.

00:44:24Something made me

00:44:25call after him.

00:44:27Wait!

00:44:28Mr. Falcone!

00:44:30He stopped.

00:44:33We've never met before.

00:44:36But why do you care

00:44:37so much about me?

00:44:42Why do you feel

00:44:43so familiar?

00:44:48Who are you to me,

00:44:49exactly?

00:44:59Both of them

00:45:00went very still.

00:45:03Leon forced a gentle smile.

00:45:05He stepped forward.

00:45:07He tucked the blanket

00:45:09around me.

00:45:10I just feel a kinship

00:45:11with you, Aria.

00:45:12You've been through

00:45:13enough tonight.

00:45:14Just rest.

00:45:15The answer felt wrong,

00:45:16but I was too tired

00:45:18to push.

00:45:19Leon turned toward the door.

00:45:20As he passed Dante,

00:45:22their eyes met.

00:45:23Something heavy

00:45:24and unspoken

00:45:25passed between them.

00:45:26Don't forget

00:45:27our agreement, Dante.

00:45:29Dante nodded.

00:45:31Leon left.

00:45:32The door closed.

00:45:34Dante dropped

00:45:35to one knee

00:45:35beside me.

00:45:36He gently brushed

00:45:38the hair from my face.

00:45:39His thumb

00:45:40traced my jawline.

00:45:42Did he hurt you?

00:45:43Does anything hurt?

00:45:45I shook my head.

00:45:48Then my eyes

00:45:49found his cheek.

00:45:50The grays,

00:45:51the blood still

00:45:52drying on his jaw.

00:45:53My hand moved

00:45:54toward it instinctively,

00:45:55hovering just inches

00:45:56from his skin.

00:45:57Dante,

00:45:58your face.

00:45:59You're bleeding.

00:46:00You took a bullet

00:46:01for me.

00:46:02You could have died.

00:46:04He caught my

00:46:04trembling hand.

00:46:06Slowly,

00:46:07deliberately,

00:46:08he pressed my palm

00:46:09flat against his

00:46:10wounded cheek.

00:46:11Hey,

00:46:12it's just a scratch.

00:46:14I barely feel it.

00:46:15He leaned into my touch,

00:46:17his eyes never leaving mine.

00:46:19I will always

00:46:20protect you, Arya.

00:46:22Nothing matters more

00:46:23to me than your safety.

00:46:24I looked down at him,

00:46:26kneeling there

00:46:27with blood on his face

00:46:28and my hand

00:46:28against his jaw.

00:46:30Something cracked open

00:46:31in the center of my chest

00:46:32that I didn't have

00:46:33a name for yet.

00:46:34He turned his head.

00:46:36He pressed a soft kiss

00:46:38into the center

00:46:39of my palm.

00:46:40My breath caught.

00:46:42He stood.

00:46:44He slid his arms

00:46:46under me.

00:46:47He lifted me

00:46:48without asking,

00:46:49Where are you taking me?

00:46:51To the hotel,

00:46:52so you can finally rest.

00:46:56Tomorrow,

00:46:56we're going home.

00:46:58He carried me out,

00:47:00and I didn't ask him

00:47:02to put me down.

00:47:05The new flight attendant

00:47:07greeted us at the jet door

00:47:08with a silver tray.

00:47:10Welcome back,

00:47:11Mr. Romano.

00:47:19I sat stiffly

00:47:20in my seat,

00:47:21hands tight

00:47:22in my lap.

00:47:23The memory

00:47:23was already playing

00:47:24behind my eyes,

00:47:26Chloe tilting the pitcher,

00:47:27ice water

00:47:28flooding my dress.

00:47:29What makes you

00:47:30so special?

00:47:34Dante noticed.

00:47:36He reached over

00:47:37and interlaced

00:47:38his fingers

00:47:39with mine.

00:47:43This is my wife,

00:47:45the one and only

00:47:46Mrs. Romano.

00:47:48I blinked.

00:47:49Anyone who

00:47:50disrespects her

00:47:51disrespects me.

00:47:54Understood?

00:47:56Lily bowed

00:47:57immediately.

00:47:58My deepest apologies,

00:48:00Mrs. Romano.

00:48:02Dante released

00:48:03my hand.

00:48:04Dante gestured

00:48:05openly,

00:48:06leaving the response

00:48:07to me.

00:48:08Lily lowered her

00:48:08posture and spoke

00:48:09softly.

00:48:10Mrs. Romano,

00:48:11would you like a warm

00:48:12towel or some fresh fruit?

00:48:13I am entirely

00:48:14at your service.

00:48:17Um,

00:48:17just a glass

00:48:18of warm water,

00:48:19please?

00:48:23Lily brought it

00:48:24with both hands.

00:48:26My shoulders dropped.

00:48:28I smiled

00:48:30before I could

00:48:30stop myself.

00:48:32Dante leaned in

00:48:33close.

00:48:33His voice

00:48:34was low

00:48:35and amused.

00:48:37Feel better,

00:48:38Mrs. Romano?

00:48:39Heat hit my face

00:48:41immediately.

00:48:42I stood up

00:48:43to escape him.

00:48:44I need to use

00:48:45the restroom.

00:48:46The turbulence

00:48:47hit before I

00:48:48finished the sentence.

00:48:49I grabbed the

00:48:50nearest thing,

00:48:51Dante's collar.

00:48:52The buttons

00:48:53ripped.

00:48:53We went down

00:48:54together.

00:48:55I landed

00:48:56straddling his lap

00:48:57with my hands

00:48:57flat on his bare

00:48:58chest.

00:48:59The air between

00:49:00us went very

00:49:01still.

00:49:02I pushed

00:49:02against his chest,

00:49:03trying to slide

00:49:04off his lap.

00:49:05His hands

00:49:05locked on

00:49:06my waist

00:49:06and held.

00:49:08I didn't

00:49:08realize you

00:49:09were in

00:49:09such a rush,

00:49:10tearing my

00:49:10clothes off

00:49:11already?

00:49:12I didn't

00:49:12mean to.

00:49:13It was

00:49:13the turbulence.

00:49:14Then why

00:49:15are your

00:49:15hands still

00:49:16right on

00:49:16my chest?

00:49:17I tried

00:49:17to snatch

00:49:18them back.

00:49:18He caught

00:49:19both my

00:49:19wrists with

00:49:19one hand

00:49:20and held

00:49:20them against

00:49:21him.

00:49:21I bit

00:49:21my lip

00:49:22and looked

00:49:22anywhere

00:49:22but his

00:49:23face.

00:49:23We are

00:49:23beginning

00:49:24our descent.

00:49:24Please secure

00:49:25for landing.

00:49:25Dante let

00:49:26out an

00:49:26amused sigh.

00:49:27He guided

00:49:28me off his

00:49:28lap and into

00:49:29the seat

00:49:29beside him.

00:49:30Then he

00:49:30leaned over

00:49:31and buckled

00:49:31my seatbelt

00:49:32himself.

00:49:32His lips

00:49:33brushed my

00:49:34ear.

00:49:35You're

00:49:35lucky,

00:49:36saved by

00:49:36the captain.

00:49:45We

00:49:46landed.

00:49:47The

00:49:47Romano

00:49:48estate

00:49:48swallowed

00:49:48us whole.

00:49:49Iron

00:49:50gates,

00:49:50a Rolls

00:49:51Royce

00:49:51up the

00:49:51drive,

00:49:52a mansion

00:49:52that looked

00:49:53like it

00:49:53had existed

00:49:54forever and

00:49:55would continue

00:49:55to do so

00:49:56regardless of

00:49:57what happened

00:49:57to the people

00:49:58inside it.

00:49:58Dante helped

00:49:59me out of

00:49:59the car.

00:50:00He stood

00:50:01beside me

00:50:01while I

00:50:01stared.

00:50:03Welcome

00:50:03to the

00:50:03Romano

00:50:04estate.

00:50:06Our

00:50:07home.

00:50:08Our

00:50:09home.

00:50:10I turned

00:50:11the words

00:50:11over and

00:50:13couldn't

00:50:13quite fit

00:50:14them to

00:50:14reality.

00:50:17Sam

00:50:18appeared at

00:50:18the top

00:50:19of the

00:50:19steps,

00:50:19looking

00:50:20tense.

00:50:21Sir,

00:50:21your father

00:50:22demands to

00:50:23see you.

00:50:23He's waiting

00:50:24in the

00:50:24study.

00:50:25Dante

00:50:26touched

00:50:26my cheek.

00:50:27The

00:50:28maids

00:50:28will show

00:50:28you to

00:50:29our

00:50:29room.

00:50:30Go

00:50:30rest.

00:50:31I'll

00:50:31be right

00:50:32back.

00:50:33He walked

00:50:33inside.

00:50:37I noticed

00:50:38his wallet

00:50:39sitting on

00:50:39the car

00:50:40seat.

00:50:40He forgot

00:50:41it.

00:50:42I grabbed

00:50:43it and

00:50:45followed him

00:50:45into the

00:50:46mansion.

00:50:49The study

00:50:50door was

00:50:51slightly

00:50:51ocher.

00:50:53I raised

00:50:54my hand

00:50:54to knock

00:50:55and

00:50:56Victor's

00:50:56voice

00:50:57stopped

00:50:57me.

00:50:58She

00:50:58is

00:50:58the

00:50:58perfect

00:50:59leverage.

00:51:00Leon

00:51:00Falcone's

00:51:01only

00:51:01daughter.

00:51:02You

00:51:02should

00:51:03use

00:51:03her

00:51:03to

00:51:03tighten

00:51:03around

00:51:04the

00:51:04wallet.

00:51:05Leon

00:51:05Falcone's

00:51:05only

00:51:06daughter.

00:51:06Who

00:51:06is

00:51:07his

00:51:07only

00:51:07daughter?

00:51:07The

00:51:08door

00:51:08yanked

00:51:08open.

00:51:09Dante

00:51:09came

00:51:10out

00:51:10fast,

00:51:10jaw

00:51:11set,

00:51:11fury

00:51:12barely

00:51:12contained.

00:51:13The

00:51:13kind

00:51:14of

00:51:14controlled

00:51:14anger

00:51:14that

00:51:15was

00:51:15somehow

00:51:15worse

00:51:15than

00:51:16shouting.

00:51:16He

00:51:17nearly

00:51:17walked

00:51:17straight

00:51:18into

00:51:18me.

00:51:18He

00:51:19stopped

00:51:19dead.

00:51:19His

00:51:20eyes

00:51:20dropped

00:51:20to

00:51:20me,

00:51:21then

00:51:21to

00:51:21the

00:51:21wallet

00:51:21in

00:51:22my

00:51:22outstretched

00:51:22hand.

00:51:23How

00:51:23long

00:51:23have

00:51:24you

00:51:24been

00:51:24standing

00:51:24there?

00:51:26What

00:51:27did

00:51:27you

00:51:27hear?

00:51:29Nothing.

00:51:30I

00:51:30just

00:51:30got

00:51:31here.

00:51:31His

00:51:32grip

00:51:32closed

00:51:32around

00:51:32my

00:51:33shoulders.

00:51:34Firm,

00:51:34interrogating.

00:51:36What

00:51:37did

00:51:37you

00:51:37hear?

00:51:38I

00:51:38felt

00:51:38the

00:51:39sting

00:51:39of

00:51:39it.

00:51:39The

00:51:40suspicion,

00:51:41the

00:51:41coldness,

00:51:42the

00:51:42way he

00:51:43looked at

00:51:43me like

00:51:44I

00:51:44was

00:51:44a

00:51:44problem

00:51:44that

00:51:45needed

00:51:45to

00:51:45be

00:51:45managed.

00:51:47I

00:51:47just

00:51:48wanted

00:51:48to

00:51:48bring

00:51:48you

00:51:49your

00:51:49wallet.

00:51:50I

00:51:50held

00:51:50it

00:51:50up.

00:51:51He

00:51:52looked

00:51:52at

00:51:52it.

00:51:53His

00:51:53grip

00:51:54loosened.

00:51:55He

00:51:55took

00:51:55it.

00:51:56But

00:51:56his

00:51:57posture

00:51:57didn't

00:51:58change.

00:51:59Rigid,

00:51:59distant.

00:52:00A

00:52:01wall

00:52:01going

00:52:02up in

00:52:02real

00:52:02time.

00:52:04You

00:52:04don't

00:52:05need

00:52:05to

00:52:05do

00:52:05this.

00:52:06Have

00:52:06the

00:52:06maids

00:52:07bring

00:52:07things

00:52:07next

00:52:07time.

00:52:08Are

00:52:09you

00:52:09hiding

00:52:10something

00:52:10from

00:52:10me?

00:52:14Nothing.

00:52:18don't

00:52:19listen

00:52:19in

00:52:19on

00:52:19us

00:52:20again.

00:52:23The

00:52:24study

00:52:24door

00:52:25opened

00:52:25behind

00:52:25him.

00:52:27Victor

00:52:27stepped

00:52:27out.

00:52:28He

00:52:29looked

00:52:29at

00:52:29me

00:52:29with

00:52:29naked

00:52:30disdain.

00:52:31The

00:52:32look

00:52:32of a

00:52:32man

00:52:32who

00:52:33had

00:52:33never

00:52:33once

00:52:33considered

00:52:34me

00:52:34a

00:52:35real

00:52:35person.

00:52:36Then

00:52:37turned

00:52:37to

00:52:37Dante.

00:52:38Remember

00:52:39who

00:52:39you

00:52:39are.

00:52:40You

00:52:40are

00:52:40the

00:52:41Romano

00:52:41heir.

00:52:44the

00:52:44family

00:52:45comes

00:52:45first.

00:52:49His

00:52:50eyes

00:52:50cut

00:52:51to

00:52:51me.

00:52:52Everything

00:52:53and

00:52:53everyone

00:52:54else

00:52:54comes

00:52:55second.

00:52:56He

00:52:56pushed

00:52:56past

00:52:57us

00:52:57and

00:52:57walked

00:52:57away.

00:52:58Dante's

00:52:58hand

00:52:59curled

00:52:59into

00:52:59a

00:52:59fist

00:53:00at

00:53:00his

00:53:00side.

00:53:01I'm

00:53:02sorry

00:53:02Arya.

00:53:02I

00:53:03gave

00:53:03your

00:53:03father

00:53:03my

00:53:04word.

00:53:04I

00:53:05can't

00:53:05let

00:53:05you

00:53:05know

00:53:05you're

00:53:05the

00:53:06Falcone

00:53:06Harris.

00:53:07Not

00:53:07yet.

00:53:08He

00:53:09grabbed

00:53:09my

00:53:10wrist.

00:53:10Not

00:53:11gently.

00:53:12Urgent.

00:53:13Tight.

00:53:14The

00:53:14grip

00:53:14of

00:53:14someone

00:53:15making

00:53:15a

00:53:15decision.

00:53:17We're

00:53:17leaving.

00:53:18Right

00:53:19now.

00:53:19You

00:53:20said

00:53:20this

00:53:20was

00:53:20our

00:53:20home.

00:53:21Why

00:53:21are

00:53:22you

00:53:22taking

00:53:22me

00:53:22away?

00:53:23He

00:53:24wrapped

00:53:24his

00:53:24arm

00:53:24around

00:53:25my

00:53:25waist

00:53:25and

00:53:25started

00:53:26moving,

00:53:26pinning

00:53:27me

00:53:27against

00:53:27his

00:53:27side,

00:53:28half

00:53:28dragging

00:53:29me

00:53:29toward

00:53:29the

00:53:29exit.

00:53:30I

00:53:30stumbled

00:53:31trying

00:53:31to

00:53:31keep

00:53:31up.

00:53:33Somewhere

00:53:34no

00:53:34one

00:53:34can

00:53:34hurt

00:53:34you.

00:53:36What

00:53:36am

00:53:36I

00:53:36to

00:53:37you?

00:53:37A

00:53:37dirty

00:53:38secret?

00:53:38A

00:53:41convenient?

00:53:42I

00:53:43shoved

00:53:43his

00:53:43chest

00:53:43with

00:53:44both

00:53:44hands.

00:53:45He

00:53:45didn't

00:53:45even

00:53:46move.

00:53:47Stop

00:53:47overthinking.

00:53:48I'm

00:53:48doing

00:53:49this

00:53:49to

00:53:49protect

00:53:49you.

00:53:49I

00:53:49don't

00:53:50need

00:53:50your

00:53:50protection.

00:53:51I

00:53:51don't

00:53:51want

00:53:52a

00:53:52marriage

00:53:52built

00:53:52on

00:53:52secrets

00:53:53and

00:53:53lies.

00:53:54I

00:53:54yanked

00:53:54my

00:53:54wrists

00:53:55free

00:53:55and

00:53:55turned

00:53:55to

00:53:56walk

00:53:56away.

00:53:57He

00:53:57caught

00:53:58me

00:53:58in

00:53:58two

00:53:58strides.

00:53:59His

00:53:59arm

00:53:59hooked

00:54:00around

00:54:00my

00:54:00waist

00:54:00from

00:54:00behind

00:54:01hard,

00:54:01pulling

00:54:01me

00:54:02back

00:54:02against

00:54:02his

00:54:02chest.

00:54:04I

00:54:04held.

00:54:06His

00:54:06lips

00:54:06brushed

00:54:07my

00:54:07ear.

00:54:08Did

00:54:08you

00:54:08really

00:54:09think

00:54:09I'd

00:54:09ever

00:54:09let

00:54:09you

00:54:10leave?

00:54:10The

00:54:11car

00:54:11was

00:54:11waiting.

00:54:12I

00:54:12had

00:54:12nowhere

00:54:12to

00:54:13go.

00:54:14The

00:54:14drive

00:54:15took

00:54:15us

00:54:15out

00:54:15of

00:54:15the

00:54:15city

00:54:16and

00:54:16along

00:54:16a

00:54:16winding

00:54:17coastal

00:54:17road.

00:54:18Cliffs,

00:54:18ocean,

00:54:19sky.

00:54:19I

00:54:19stared

00:54:20out

00:54:20the

00:54:20window

00:54:20and

00:54:21didn't

00:54:21speak.

00:54:22Dante

00:54:22drove

00:54:22like

00:54:22a

00:54:23man

00:54:23who'd

00:54:23made

00:54:23up

00:54:23his

00:54:23mind

00:54:24about

00:54:24something

00:54:24and

00:54:25wasn't

00:54:25interested

00:54:25in

00:54:26relitigating

00:54:26it.

00:54:29The

00:54:29villa

00:54:30appeared

00:54:30below

00:54:30us,

00:54:31glass

00:54:31walls,

00:54:31stone

00:54:32terraces

00:54:32isolated

00:54:33above

00:54:33the

00:54:33water

00:54:33line

00:54:34like

00:54:34the

00:54:34world

00:54:34couldn't

00:54:35find

00:54:35you

00:54:35here

00:54:35if

00:54:35it

00:54:35tried.

00:54:36Where

00:54:37are

00:54:37we?

00:54:38My

00:54:39private

00:54:39safe

00:54:40house.

00:54:41No

00:54:41one

00:54:41knows

00:54:42about

00:54:42it.

00:54:42He

00:54:43got

00:54:43out

00:54:43and

00:54:43walked

00:54:44to

00:54:44my

00:54:44door

00:54:44and

00:54:45opened

00:54:45it.

00:54:46I

00:54:46didn't

00:54:46move.

00:54:50He

00:54:51looked

00:54:51at

00:54:51me.

00:54:52Something

00:54:53in

00:54:53his

00:54:53expression

00:54:54shifted.

00:54:56Please

00:54:56don't

00:54:57go.

00:54:58Everything

00:54:58I've

00:54:58done,

00:55:00everything

00:55:00I do,

00:55:01it's

00:55:01to keep

00:55:02you

00:55:02safe.

00:55:02Memories

00:55:03came back

00:55:03to me

00:55:03without

00:55:04warning.

00:55:05His

00:55:05body

00:55:05in

00:55:05front

00:55:05of

00:55:06mine

00:55:06in

00:55:06the

00:55:06cathedral,

00:55:07his

00:55:07hand

00:55:07raised

00:55:07with

00:55:08mine.

00:55:08Don't

00:55:08you dare

00:55:08touch

00:55:08my

00:55:08wife.

00:55:09I

00:55:10know

00:55:10she's

00:55:10lying

00:55:10to

00:55:10me.

00:55:11I

00:55:11don't

00:55:12give

00:55:12a

00:55:12fuck.

00:55:13She'll

00:55:13be

00:55:13the

00:55:13one

00:55:13and

00:55:14only

00:55:14Mrs.

00:55:14Romano.

00:55:15softened

00:55:15before

00:55:16I

00:55:16could

00:55:16stop

00:55:16it.

00:55:17Then

00:55:17promise

00:55:17me

00:55:17no

00:55:18more

00:55:18secrets.

00:55:20In

00:55:20this

00:55:21house

00:55:21there

00:55:21are

00:55:21no

00:55:21secrets

00:55:22between

00:55:22us

00:55:22except

00:55:23one.

00:55:24You

00:55:25can

00:55:25never

00:55:25know

00:55:25you're

00:55:25the

00:55:25Falcone

00:55:26heiress.

00:55:27He

00:55:27led

00:55:27me

00:55:27inside.

00:55:28The

00:55:28space

00:55:28was

00:55:29breathtaking.

00:55:30Light

00:55:30everywhere,

00:55:31the

00:55:31ocean

00:55:31filling

00:55:31every

00:55:32window,

00:55:32clean

00:55:33and

00:55:33still

00:55:33and

00:55:34completely

00:55:34cut

00:55:34off

00:55:35from

00:55:35everything

00:55:35we'd

00:55:35left

00:55:36behind.

00:55:36Go wait

00:55:36in

00:55:36the

00:55:36kitchen.

00:55:37I

00:55:37have

00:55:37a

00:55:38surprise

00:55:38for

00:55:38you.

00:55:39I

00:55:39sat

00:55:39at

00:55:39the

00:55:39marble

00:55:39island

00:55:40and

00:55:40looked

00:55:40around

00:55:40at

00:55:41the

00:55:41room

00:55:41and

00:55:41tried

00:55:41to

00:55:42figure

00:55:42out

00:55:42what

00:55:42to

00:55:42do

00:55:42with

00:55:43my

00:55:43hands.

00:55:43Then

00:55:44Dante

00:55:44walked

00:55:45in.

00:55:45He

00:55:45was

00:55:45shirtless,

00:55:47dark

00:55:47canvas

00:55:47apron

00:55:48tied at

00:55:48his

00:55:48waist,

00:55:50sculpted

00:55:50and casual

00:55:51about it

00:55:51in a way

00:55:51that suggested

00:55:52he had

00:55:52absolutely

00:55:53no idea

00:55:54what it

00:55:54was

00:55:54doing

00:55:54to

00:55:55me.

00:55:55Why

00:55:55aren't

00:55:56you

00:55:56wearing

00:55:56a

00:55:56shirt?

00:55:57He

00:55:57leaned

00:56:06my

00:56:06face

00:56:07and

00:56:07lifted

00:56:07my

00:56:07gaze

00:56:08to

00:56:08his.

00:56:09He

00:56:09pulled

00:56:10out

00:56:10a

00:56:10ribeye

00:56:10massive,

00:56:11top

00:56:11plead,

00:56:11the kind

00:56:12you see

00:56:12behind glass

00:56:13in restaurants

00:56:13where you

00:56:13don't ask

00:56:14the price.

00:56:15What are

00:56:15you making?

00:56:16Your

00:56:16favorite.

00:56:17He

00:56:17turned

00:56:17to

00:56:17the

00:56:17stove.

00:56:18I

00:56:18sat

00:56:18with

00:56:19my

00:56:19chin

00:56:19in

00:56:19my

00:56:19hands

00:56:19and

00:56:20watched

00:56:20him

00:56:20work.

00:56:20Heat

00:56:21from

00:56:21the

00:56:21flame

00:56:21lit

00:56:21up

00:56:21the

00:56:22lines

00:56:22of

00:56:22his

00:56:22back.

00:56:22His

00:56:23arms

00:56:23moved

00:56:23with

00:56:23the

00:56:23same

00:56:24effortless

00:56:24control

00:56:24he

00:56:25brought

00:56:25to

00:56:25everything.

00:56:26Seasoning,

00:56:26heat,

00:56:27timing,

00:56:27and the

00:56:28smell of

00:56:28butter

00:56:28and herbs

00:56:29filled the

00:56:29room.

00:56:30Dante

00:56:30set the

00:56:30plated

00:56:31steak

00:56:31in front

00:56:31of me.

00:56:32How

00:56:32did

00:56:33you

00:56:33know

00:56:33this

00:56:33is

00:56:33my

00:56:33favorite?

00:56:34He

00:56:34leaned

00:56:35back

00:56:35against

00:56:35the

00:56:35counter

00:56:36with

00:56:36a

00:56:36faint

00:56:36smile.

00:56:37At

00:56:37the

00:56:38bachelor

00:56:38auction

00:56:38every

00:56:39woman

00:56:39in

00:56:39the

00:56:39room

00:56:39was

00:56:39staring

00:56:40at

00:56:40me.

00:56:40Except

00:56:41you.

00:56:41You

00:56:42were

00:56:42busy

00:56:42devouring

00:56:43that

00:56:43rib

00:56:43rye

00:56:43with

00:56:44your

00:56:44eyes.

00:56:44My

00:56:45face

00:56:45went

00:56:45hot.

00:56:46He

00:56:46noticed

00:56:47me.

00:56:55Eat.

00:56:56There

00:56:56are no

00:56:57rules

00:56:57here.

00:56:57It's

00:56:57just

00:56:58you

00:56:58and

00:56:58me.

00:56:58I

00:56:58took

00:56:59it.

00:56:59Warm

00:56:59perfect.

00:57:00Just

00:57:00seared

00:57:00enough I

00:57:01couldn't

00:57:01keep the

00:57:01sound

00:57:01of

00:57:02happiness

00:57:02out

00:57:02of

00:57:02my

00:57:02voice.

00:57:03You're

00:57:03a

00:57:03master

00:57:03chef.

00:57:04This

00:57:04is

00:57:04so

00:57:04good.

00:57:04His

00:57:04gaze

00:57:05darkened.

00:57:05His

00:57:05thumb

00:57:06moved to

00:57:06the

00:57:06corner

00:57:06of

00:57:06my

00:57:07lip

00:57:07slowly

00:57:07catching

00:57:08a

00:57:08mirror

00:57:08of

00:57:08sauce.

00:57:09He

00:57:09didn't

00:57:09pull

00:57:09back.

00:57:10He

00:57:10held

00:57:10my

00:57:10gaze

00:57:10and

00:57:11traced

00:57:11my

00:57:11lower

00:57:11lip.

00:57:12Deliberate

00:57:30caller

00:57:30ID

00:57:31father.

00:57:32He

00:57:33straightened.

00:57:33The

00:57:34softness

00:57:34in his

00:57:35face

00:57:35locked

00:57:35back

00:57:35into

00:57:36place.

00:57:36Sorry

00:57:37Aria.

00:57:37I

00:57:37have

00:57:38to

00:57:38handle

00:57:38this

00:57:38right

00:57:39now.

00:57:40Be

00:57:40careful.

00:57:41I'll

00:57:41be

00:57:41here

00:57:42waiting

00:57:42for

00:57:42you.

00:57:42He

00:57:42untied

00:57:43the

00:57:43apron

00:57:43and

00:57:43threw

00:57:44on

00:57:44his

00:57:44shirt

00:57:44moving

00:57:45fast.

00:57:45Then

00:57:46he

00:57:46stopped

00:57:46at

00:57:46the

00:57:46door

00:57:46and

00:57:46turned

00:57:47back.

00:57:47He

00:57:47reached

00:57:48into

00:57:48his

00:57:48jacket

00:57:48and

00:57:48pressed

00:57:49a

00:57:49small

00:57:49device

00:57:49into

00:57:50my

00:57:50palm.

00:57:50If

00:57:50anything

00:57:51happens

00:57:51press

00:57:51this.

00:57:52I

00:57:52will

00:57:52drop

00:57:52everything

00:57:53and

00:57:53come

00:57:53back

00:57:53to

00:57:53you.

00:57:54I

00:57:54looked

00:57:54down

00:57:54at

00:57:54it.

00:57:55A

00:57:55panic

00:57:55button.

00:57:55Small

00:57:56and

00:57:56solid

00:57:56and

00:57:57serious.

00:57:57No

00:57:58one

00:57:58knows

00:57:58you're

00:57:58here.

00:57:58So

00:57:59unless

00:57:59it's

00:57:59me,

00:58:00no

00:58:00matter

00:58:00who

00:58:00knocks,

00:58:01do

00:58:01not

00:58:01open

00:58:01that

00:58:01door.

00:58:02I

00:58:02know.

00:58:03Stop

00:58:03worrying

00:58:03and

00:58:04go.

00:58:04He

00:58:04gave

00:58:04me

00:58:05one

00:58:05last

00:58:05look.

00:58:06Something

00:58:06between

00:58:06worry

00:58:07and

00:58:07reluctance

00:58:08and

00:58:08walked

00:58:08out.

00:58:09I

00:58:09sat

00:58:09at

00:58:09the

00:58:09island

00:58:10alone

00:58:10and

00:58:10turned

00:58:10the

00:58:22entire

00:58:22family.

00:58:23So

00:58:23I'm

00:58:24going

00:58:24to

00:58:24tear

00:58:24his

00:58:24precious

00:58:25little

00:58:25wife

00:58:25into

00:58:26bloody

00:58:26pieces.

00:58:27She

00:58:27yanked

00:58:27the

00:58:28starter

00:58:28cord.

00:58:28The

00:58:29engine

00:58:29roared.

00:58:36Did

00:58:36Dante

00:58:36forget

00:58:37something?

00:58:39I

00:58:39walked

00:58:40toward

00:58:40the

00:58:40front

00:58:40door

00:58:40and

00:58:41reached

00:58:41for

00:58:41the

00:58:41handle.

00:58:42The

00:58:42doorbell

00:58:43rang

00:58:43again,

00:58:44frantically

00:58:44now.

00:58:48I

00:58:48stopped.

00:58:49Wait,

00:58:50no

00:58:50one

00:58:51knows

00:58:51this

00:58:51address.

00:58:52I

00:58:52yanked

00:58:53my

00:58:53hand

00:58:53back

00:58:53from

00:58:53the

00:58:54handle.

00:58:54Then

00:58:54the

00:58:55ramping

00:58:55started.

00:58:56Heavy

00:58:57rhythmic

00:58:57impacts

00:58:57against

00:58:58the

00:58:58door.

00:58:58I

00:58:59stumbled

00:58:59backward.

00:59:00The

00:59:00chainsaw

00:59:01blade

00:59:01ripped

00:59:01through

00:59:01the

00:59:02wood

00:59:02from

00:59:02the

00:59:02other

00:59:02side.

00:59:03Sawdust

00:59:03flying,

00:59:04the

00:59:04scream

00:59:04of

00:59:04the

00:59:05engine

00:59:05filling

00:59:05the

00:59:05room.

00:59:06Thought

00:59:06you

00:59:07could

00:59:07hide

00:59:07and

00:59:07play

00:59:08princess

00:59:08forever?

00:59:09You're

00:59:09dead.

00:59:12I

00:59:12pressed

00:59:13the

00:59:13panic

00:59:13button

00:59:13and

00:59:14ran.

00:59:15Forty

00:59:15minutes

00:59:16away,

00:59:16in

00:59:16the

00:59:16Romano

00:59:17Maschin

00:59:17study,

00:59:18Victor

00:59:18had

00:59:18his

00:59:18revolver

00:59:19aimed

00:59:19at

00:59:19Dante's

00:59:19chest.

00:59:20Dante

00:59:21had

00:59:21his

00:59:21handgun

00:59:21leveled

00:59:22back.

00:59:22Leon

00:59:23stood

00:59:23beside

00:59:23Dante,

00:59:24hands

00:59:24in

00:59:24his

00:59:24pockets,

00:59:25watching

00:59:25Victor

00:59:26with

00:59:26calm

00:59:26contempt.

00:59:27My

00:59:28wife

00:59:28is

00:59:28not

00:59:28a

00:59:29pawn

00:59:29for

00:59:29the

00:59:29Falcone

00:59:30syndicate.

00:59:32Looks

00:59:33like

00:59:33your

00:59:33son

00:59:33stands

00:59:34with

00:59:34me,

00:59:34Victor.

00:59:35Drop

00:59:35the

00:59:36gun,

00:59:36or

00:59:37I'll

00:59:37have

00:59:37your

00:59:37little

00:59:37wife

00:59:38killed

00:59:38right

00:59:39now!

00:59:40You

00:59:40dare

00:59:41touch

00:59:41my

00:59:42daughter!

00:59:42Dante's

00:59:42phone

00:59:43erupted.

00:59:43He

00:59:44looked

00:59:44down.

00:59:45SOS

00:59:45alert.

00:59:46Aria.

00:59:47Talks

00:59:48are

00:59:48off.

00:59:48Aria's

00:59:49in

00:59:49danger.

00:59:49We

00:59:50move

00:59:50now!

00:59:50He

00:59:51was

00:59:51running

00:59:51before

00:59:51anyone

00:59:52could

00:59:52respond.

00:59:53Leon

00:59:53was

00:59:54right

00:59:54behind

00:59:54him.

00:59:55The

00:59:55ruined

00:59:55door

00:59:56crashed

00:59:56to

00:59:56the

00:59:56floor.

00:59:57Blair

00:59:57walked

00:59:58in

00:59:58flanked

00:59:59by

00:59:59two

00:59:59thugs.

01:00:00Chainsaw

01:00:01idle

01:00:01at

01:00:01her

01:00:01side.

01:00:02Grab

01:00:03her.

01:00:03They

01:00:04were

01:00:04faster

01:00:05than

01:00:05me.

01:00:05The

01:00:06thugs

01:00:06launched

01:00:06and

01:00:07grabbed

01:00:07both

01:00:07arms,

01:00:08wortching

01:00:08me

01:00:09backward.

01:00:09I

01:00:09fought,

01:00:10kicked,

01:00:11twisted,

01:00:12threw

01:00:12my

01:00:12weight

01:00:12around.

01:00:13It

01:00:13made

01:00:13no

01:00:14difference.

01:00:14They

01:00:15forced

01:00:15me

01:00:15to

01:00:15my

01:00:16knees.

01:00:17Blair

01:00:17wrapped

01:00:17her

01:00:17hand

01:00:18around

01:00:18my

01:00:18throat.

01:00:19Not

01:00:19choking,

01:00:20just

01:00:20enough

01:00:21to

01:00:21feel

01:00:21it.

01:00:21Dante

01:00:22destroyed

01:00:22my

01:00:23life,

01:00:24so

01:00:24I'm

01:00:24going

01:00:24to

01:00:24take

01:00:25the

01:00:25only

01:00:25thing

01:00:25he

01:00:25cares

01:00:26about.

01:00:26Let

01:00:27him

01:00:27suffer.

01:00:28They

01:00:28bound

01:00:28my

01:00:29wrists

01:00:29and

01:00:29ankles

01:00:29with

01:00:30thick

01:00:30rope

01:00:30while

01:00:30Blair

01:00:31watched.

01:00:31I

01:00:31kept

01:00:32my

01:00:32breathing

01:00:32controlled.

01:00:33I

01:00:33kept

01:00:33my

01:00:34face

01:00:34as

01:00:34still

01:00:34as

01:00:34I

01:00:35could.

01:00:37Blair

01:00:37let

01:00:38out

01:00:38a

01:00:38laugh,

01:00:39sharp,

01:00:39unhinged,

01:00:40delighted.

01:00:41I'm

01:00:41counting

01:00:42on it.

01:00:42I

01:00:43want

01:00:43him

01:00:43to

01:00:44watch

01:00:44you

01:00:44die.

01:00:44She

01:00:45gestured.

01:00:45A

01:00:51coating

01:00:51everything.

01:00:52The

01:00:52floor,

01:00:53the

01:00:53air,

01:00:54the

01:00:54back

01:00:54of

01:00:54my

01:00:54throat.

01:00:55Blair

01:00:56clicked

01:00:56open

01:00:56a

01:00:56lighter.

01:00:57The

01:00:57flame

01:00:57caught.

01:00:58No,

01:00:59don't.

01:00:59If he

01:01:00wants

01:01:00to

01:01:00save

01:01:01you,

01:01:01he's

01:01:01going

01:01:02to

01:01:02have

01:01:02to

01:01:02burn

01:01:02with

01:01:03you.

01:01:05She

01:01:06began

01:01:06to

01:01:06lower

01:01:06the

01:01:07flame

01:01:07toward

01:01:07the

01:01:07gasoline.

01:01:08The

01:01:09ruined

01:01:09doorway

01:01:09exploded

01:01:10with

01:01:10men.

01:01:11Dante

01:01:11and

01:01:12Leon

01:01:12came

01:01:12through

01:01:12with

01:01:13guns

01:01:13drawn

01:01:13and

01:01:13armed

01:01:14men

01:01:14spread

01:01:14out

01:01:14behind

01:01:15them.

01:01:15Get

01:01:16away

01:01:16from

01:01:16my

01:01:16wife.

01:01:17Blair's

01:01:18hand

01:01:18froze

01:01:18midair.

01:01:19She

01:01:19turned

01:01:19to

01:01:20face

01:01:20him.

01:01:20Leon

01:01:20grabbed

01:01:21Dante's

01:01:21arm.

01:01:22Don't

01:01:22shoot.

01:01:22A

01:01:23spark

01:01:23will

01:01:23ignite

01:01:24the

01:01:24room.

01:01:24She'll

01:01:24burn.

01:01:25Dante's

01:01:25jaw

01:01:26was

01:01:26locked

01:01:26tight.

01:01:27He

01:01:27looked

01:01:27at

01:01:27me,

01:01:28at

01:01:28the

01:01:28rope,

01:01:28at

01:01:29the

01:01:29gasoline

01:01:29ring,

01:01:30at

01:01:30Blair's

01:01:30lighter,

01:01:31and his

01:01:31voice

01:01:31came

01:01:31out

01:01:32completely

01:01:32flat.

01:01:33Your

01:01:33vendetta

01:01:33is

01:01:34with

01:01:34me.

01:01:34Let

01:01:35her

01:01:35go and

01:01:35take

01:01:36me

01:01:36instead.

01:01:38Blair

01:01:38kicked

01:01:38a

01:01:39second

01:01:39can

01:01:39across

01:01:39the

01:01:40floor.

01:01:40It

01:01:40stopped

01:01:40at

01:01:41Dante's

01:01:41feet.

01:01:42You

01:01:42want

01:01:42to

01:01:42save

01:01:42her?

01:01:43Douse

01:01:43yourself.

01:01:44You

01:01:44burn.

01:01:45She

01:01:45lives.

01:01:46No!

01:01:46Dante!

01:01:47Don't!

01:01:47Aponte

01:01:48picked

01:01:48up

01:01:48the

01:01:48can.

01:01:49He

01:01:49popped

01:01:49the

01:01:49cap

01:01:49and

01:01:49poured

01:01:50it

01:01:50over

01:01:50his

01:01:50own

01:01:51head.

01:01:51Gasoline

01:01:52soaked

01:01:52through

01:01:52his

01:01:52hair,

01:01:53his

01:01:53jacket,

01:01:54his

01:01:54shirt.

01:01:54He

01:01:54set

01:01:55the

01:01:55empty

01:01:55can

01:01:55down

01:01:55and

01:01:56looked

01:01:56at

01:01:56Blair

01:01:56without

01:01:56blinking.

01:01:57Done.

01:01:58My

01:01:59life

01:01:59for

01:01:59hers.

01:02:00Let

01:02:00her

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