Dante’s POV

Some men make their move in haste. They see betrayal and react with violence, uncontrolled and wild. That’s not me. Violence is only effective when it’s calculated, when the target knows exactly why the blade is sinking in.

I wanted Barry to see me coming. I wanted Alina to see me end it. And I wanted both of them to understand that every step they’d taken to hide from me was a step I had already mapped.

So I set the stage.

Matteo and the others were waiting in the abandoned warehouse on the east side of the city. We’d used it before—quiet, soundproof, the kind of place...