Chapter 15 Dancing With The Devil

• (POV: Isabela)
• The sharp, demanding look in Mateo's eyes sent a new wave of fear through me. Pay attention to me. The unspoken order felt heavy in the air. It pulled my focus away from the awful truth about Rena and Emilio and snapped it back to the man standing right in front of me, suffocating me with his presence. Before I could even prepare myself, he moved.
• He covered the short distance between us with that scary, smooth grace. He cut off Signora Vieri without a word, ignoring the powerful people around us like they were just furniture. His attention was totally, terrifyingly, fixed on me.