Chapter 68

I didn’t realize I had fallen asleep until I heard the raised voice echoing from Dante’s office next door.

“WHAT?!”

The voice belonged to Beta Alessio. Sharp. Startled. A thundering shock that jerked me awake as if someone had poured ice water over me.

I sat up on the plush sofa I’d curled into, the heavy book on Isadora sliding off my lap with a quiet thud. For a few seconds, I was disoriented—ca