Chapter 23

• “Do not play this game with me,” he hissed. “I saw you—your blood on the ground, your last breath leaving you as you shielded your daughter. I saw you kill the man who betrayed you, your own husband. And now… you stand before me alive, breathing, and you dare to look at me as if I am a stranger?”
• Rajveer tried to interrupt, his voice shaky. “Señor, perhaps—”
• “Silence!” Alejandro’s voice cracked like thunder, and Rajveer froze.