Isla Moretti gave everything to Vincent. She took a bullet for him. She guarded the docks. She handed him the family business while she recovered. When she came back, her office belonged to Ava, a card dealer with a pretty face. Her necklace was around Ava's neck. Her father's dagger was under a table leg. Vincent had given her identity, her dignity, and her power to another woman. Then he brought Ava to Isla's private estate. He killed Enzo, the black panther her father had left her. Isla drew her gun. Vincent shot her in the shoulder. Blood fell on the grass. Isla stopped crying. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the signet ring her father had given her on his deathbed. She put it on. She called the family. The Moretti clan would answer. And Vincent would learn what happens when you betray a queen.
