Not a Request

CASSIA

My stomach growled again, loud enough to echo in the quiet room.

I scowled down at it, as if sheer willpower would silence it. I’d been holed up here for hours, refusing to leave since Dante dragged me in and locked the door behind us. Not that the door was still locked, it's just that he's preventing me from leaving the premises.

I glanced toward the small table near the corner. The tray o