Chapter 57

Elena:

“Do you want anything to drink?” I asked Alvize, knowing that he hasn’t gotten anything to drink at his brother’s estate.

The anger that I saw in his eyes was one that I never really thought that I would see or read. If anything, I knew that he was angry with his family, and I knew that he was trying to set more than one boundary to keep them away from him; however, the last thing that I expected was to see that he was as furious as he was with them. If anything, the man seemed ready to shoot back at anyone who thought of speaking to him.

He looked at me for a second before forcing himself to relax a bit as he drove. Ezra and Donatello were in the car behind ours, and I knew that Viktor was on his way with the other men. I still didn’t know how things were going to come out eventually, but gathering us there now was not going to help if they were planning on playing a dirty game.

He took my hand in his and gently kissed my knuckle as he drove, keeping his eyes on the road. I s