A lightning bolt struck the ground with a loud boom, and its deep sound echoed in the air along with the name Elio had just uttered, making the tension in the room thicken.
The room fell into a deadly silence as Nicholas's expression darkened and every cell in him screamed at him for bloodshed with the recognition of the name, and Isabella's breath caught in her throat and her heart raced as the unfamiliar name echoed in her head.
Mateo Capo. Isabella tried to recall anyone she might know with this name, but nothing surfaced. She had never heard this name. Isabella frowned, realizing that she didn't know this man, but one glance at Nicholas made it clear to her that Nicholas was well aware of that name—of the person.
His reaction, along with the storm and fury raging in Nicholas's eyes and the earlier threatening call, made Isabella connect all the dots and realize whose enemy it was. It was Nicholas's enemy.
