023

~ANTONIO~

"Find her, Melo. Spare no effort in your search!" I shouted upon entering the house and discovering all my security guards dead.

I quickly contacted August, convinced he had assigned insufficiently capable men to secure my property.

"What's wrong?" He asked after answering.

"Dante has killed all the guards and abducted my wife," I growled.

"He's killed everyone in the house?" He questioned.

His line of inquiry was misplaced; he should have been offering additional men to fortify my home's defense.

"Yes. All the guards are dead, except for Melo. He spared his life," I mused, eyeing Melo as he strode towards the entrance.

A part of me wanted to finish Dante's unfinished business.

"I will assign the finest men in training and bring them to you. After that, I will exert all my efforts to locate him and Isabella," replied August.

"It is important that you do everything within your power to find Isabella, August. She is my wife."

I ended the call and let out a sigh of fr