Page 19 of Cross + Catherine: The Companion

One more slight to add to a growing pile, Dante knew.

“All right, what?” Dante asked sharply.

Cross stood from the chair, looked Dante in the eye, and smirked.

He smirked.

Dante had all he could not to hit the kid. It probably wouldn’t have made a difference anyway.

“All right, nothing,” Cross replied, still smirking.

Then, the young man was out of the office. Lucian blew out a heavy breath when the door slammed shut, and even Calisto made a harsh sound in the corner.

“That kid is going to get himself killed,” Dante warned Calisto.

The Donati boss nodded. “You know, that’s very likely.”

“And yet, here we are, Calisto.”

“Seems so.”

Dante pointed at the door. “Make sure that never happens again.”