==Matteo==

I slammed my palms on the table, fury blinding me. “How dare he?” I growled. “What gave him the effrontery? “

My servant remained emotionless. Well, it wasn't as if I was expecting him to react.

Fuck! The little bastard that called himself Lyons thought he could sideline me. The hell he thought. Ever since my encounter with my proposed…subject, I hadn’t been at rest. Thoughts about her plagued my mind. I would get flashes whenever I slept, and that scent was stuck in my nose. Fed up, I asked my servants to keep an eye on her. I didn’t want to claim her just yet. Now, everything was...