"I heard from Uriel how you didn't give up on me," Rosa said softly, her fingers lacing through his. "How you stayed with me even when the doctors said I was already gone."

Giovanni looked at her, his dark eyes brimming with an unspoken depth of emotion. "I will go to any length to protect you, cara. Always."

Rosa offered a faint, tender smile. "Look at you... saving a life instead of taking one. You're not a monster after all."

A rare, quiet smile broke through his stubbled face at her words. But the moment was broken when Rosa looked up at him, her brows furrowing.

"What about Uriel?" she...