DANTE POV
On the way back to the mansion, Alina kept murmuring something from the passenger seat.
"You didn't have to spend so much... I would've been fine with something simpler-"
I cut her off without even glancing. "It's done. Don't overthink it."
She went quiet. Good.
I didn't have the headspace for her polite guilt trip right now. My phone buzzed with a call from one of my men.
"Sir, update on the security log-"
"Talk."
"Lady Viella went out four nights ago. Around midnight. She used the east route from the estate and wasn't with her usual guards. Exact same time we were investigating the abandoned property. (Alina's house)"
Silence.
"Track down exactly where she went. Don't stop until you get me footage."
"Yes, sir."
I hung up.
Viella... What the hell are you doing?
Every move is raising my doubts. If it's you.....
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We reached the mansion just as the sun dipped low across the lawn.
