Chapter 99

Luca POV

I looked down at Eliana's sleeping face and chuckled slightly to myself. The sun was already high in the sky, but my sleeping beauty made no move to arise from her alcohol induced coma. Usually, I'd have dragged her from the dance floor the moment I could see she was getting a bit too free, but for some reason I couldn't bring myself to ruin her fun.

I don't know if it was the attempt on her life, or if it was the pure joy I could see on her face, either way, I didn't interrupt.

And I was pretty sure the hangover she was about to wake up with would be punishment enough.

Deciding to leave her to her dreams and hunt down Vasilios instead, I dressed quickly and left the room, striding down to the room I knew my mother had put him. I didn't bother knocking, Vasilios was an early riser like me, a habit we'd both learned from waking up at dawn to run drills. I was pretty sure he would be up and dressed, doing some deal or another with someone on the opposite side of the world.