LUCA

Two weeks had passed since we'd almost fucked. And Veda hadn't once come out of the room she'd taken over without my permission.

At Enzo's suggestion, with Tristan backing him up, I’d left her alone and allowed her to grieve, but the waiting was driving me mad. I wasn't a patient man, though I was trying to be. I'd allowed her to move out of my room. I'd given her time to deal with the worst of her grief. But now I needed her to get her shit together.

My brother had come home to Austin.

I found Lisa in the kitchen just as she was starting to make...