Chapter 16 A Calculated Performance
- (JOACHIM'S POV)
- Valerius.
- The name was like a curse in my head on the silent ride up to the penthouse. Just a cold, old familiar name, churning in my gut. Five centuries of building this life, this fortress. Meticulous and perfect. And now it's all teetering on the edge because of one human. One chaotic, impossible woman. Yvette.