Bianca Giovani was a tall woman—tall enough to tower over Severine with an effortless, predatory grace.
"You must be Severine Vale."
"I am, Miss Giovani."
Who in the capital didn't know that the Giovanis were the right hand of the Rhodes family?
To keep their alliance ironclad, they had even married Mr. Rhodes' sister into the Giovani family. Bianca was Damien's maternal cousin by blood, and the resemblance was unmistakable.
Her blue eyes were strikingly similar to her mother's—a sharp, icy proof of the wolf blood that ran through her veins. Though she wasn't an Awakener, she sure had that kind of dangerous edge to her bearing.
Severine had only met this lady once before, in her past life, and that was when she was dying.
This same girl had stood like a silent guard outside her apartment when Damien had broken her legs. To think they would meet once again like this...
