Chapter 134

• **DANTE'S POV**
• The hours passed in a blur. Every decision, every move, every word seemed weighed down with unbearable gravity. My family was on high alert, knowing Catarina's threat was real. But I was torn between duty and desire, between loyalty to my family and the love I still felt for her.
• I spent the last few hours wide awake, reliving every moment with Catarina: the laughter, the arguments, the stolen kisses. Each memory was a knife, cutting deeper. But I knew my loyalty lay with the Mancusos. It was what my father had taught me since I was a child: family comes first.