RANON POV
I should have never said yes to going to that event.
I had regretted even allowing myself to attend the meeting, yet alone pulling seraphina along.
As soon as the server whispered that the hosts wanted a "short private chat,"
I already understood what it meant, deals, warnings, most times hidden threats, and then the worst of it all , the forced politeness, that I didn't want to deal with tonight.
Not when Seraphina was already so worried, standing next to me like a fragile statue barely holding it together.
But I had to do it. The Salvatore family didn't ask lightly, and turning down a private request would give the wrong idea.
So I went. I left her and went ahead.
And the whole time, a nagging feeling bothered me.
