Chapter 135

• DANTE'S POV
• I left the hotel with a tight heart, Catarina’s image still etched in my mind. Every step I took felt heavier, as if walking against an unrelenting wind. I reached the parking lot and spotted my car, the sense of something wrong nagging at me.
• That’s when I noticed. I was being followed. Subtle movements in the shadows, almost imperceptible footsteps, but unmistakable to someone accustomed to danger. My adrenaline spiked.