Chapter 64 Where Lies Sleep With Us

• VERONA
• The morning in Naples carried that scent of old gunpowder and dampness trapped between balconies. Despite the winter, the streets remained alive, as if this city didn’t know what surrender meant. It was the place where Dante had grown up, where his surname still weighed heavy and his silences still echoed. And for that very reason, it was the perfect place—not to hide, but to pretend everything was returning to normal. So Ethan would believe Dante had gone back to his former life… while we planned how to destroy his.
• But what I didn’t understand, what I truly couldn’t believe, was what Dante had just done.