Chapter 139:

Kira’s POV:

“I thought I told you beforehand not to come here unannounced, Bianca.” Donato’s voice, though not raised, sliced through the silence of the dining room like a sharpened blade.

The way he spoke, the sheer, unadulterated venom dripping from each syllable, made me realize with a jolt how incredibly soft and almost gentle he had been when speaking to me earlier. He had been a different ma