Chapter 30

• Luciana's POV:
• I was standing in Adrian's home office, the air thick with tension. The room was a fortress of dark wood and leather, every piece of furniture an assertion of power. Adrian sat behind his massive desk, his fingers steepled as he watched me with those sharp, calculating eyes.
• "Luciana," he began, his voice cold but controlled, "remember you are to help me bait someone? Well, I'm going to tell you who it is."