Luca looked at him with the kind of expression that suggested he was choosing his words very carefully.
"You're in no position to get her back from Dimitri right now," Luca said simply. "You can't walk. You can barely move. And Dimitri controls the territory where she's being held."
"I don't care," Dante said coldly.
"Listen to me," Luca said, leaning forward. "I suggest that you take your time. You heal. You recover. You become strong again. And in the meantime, Isabella is actually safer than you might think."
"What do you mean?" Dante asked.
"The alliance," Luca said. "Everyone in the underworld knows about the Valentino-Russo alliance. That marriage was supposed to unite the families. That's been the plan since Dimitri and Isabella were children."
Luca paused, letting that sink in.
