#Chapter 141: Council of Love and War

Dominic POV Dominic notices things. It’s what has kept him alive, what has carved his name into the bones of this city and the men who fear him. But lately, the things he notices feel different. Softer. More subtle. Tonight, it’s Romero. His second quietly enters the room, expression as unreadable as ever, but Dominic isn’t fooled. His eyes go first to where Gianna is sitting across the office with a focus that belongs on enemies, not on a woman laughing with Aurora. Romero is subtle by nature but Dominic has always been able to read the temperature of his men with brutal accuracy. And the heat simmering beneath Romero’s calm exterior? It’s enough to pull a quiet huff of amusement from him. Amused…and worried. Love has no place in his world. It is a weakness, a liability. Yet somehow it has worked itself into their lives. First through Aurora, his unexpected peace, and now here, in the way Gianna’s laugh makes Romero’s lips twitch toward wha