POV: LORENZO
Lorenzo found Camila in the drawing room, tea growing cold on the table beside her. She looked up when he entered, already sensing the change in his mood.
"We need to talk," Lorenzo said, closing the door behind him.
Camila set down her cup carefully. "What's happened?"
"The Covenant is moving against Dimitri," Lorenzo said without preamble. "Antonio and I have made an agreement. It's time to bring them together. Isabella and Dimitri. When he comes to Rome next week, she'll be waiting."
He watched her entire body went rigid.
"No," Camila said, standing so quickly her chair scraped backward. "Lorenzo, absolutely not. No. Have you lost your mind?"
"Sit down," Lorenzo said quietly.
"I will not sit down," Camila's voice rose, trembling with something between fury and desperation. "Do you remember what happened the last time she went near him? Do you remember having to demand that Dimitri release our daughter from his prison? Our daughter, Lorenzo."
