phin
n my bones. For twenty-four hours, my bedroom in the west win
hands trembling so violently that the porcelain teacup on her silver tray rattled. She set i
arely a breath. "I shouldn't speak, but
acade from yesterday complet
were a monster. The embodiment of the Marino blood curse. She begged him not to bring a defectiv
ed in my chest. My performance had
t was terrifying. He just told her, *'I decide if
sed door, the chilling reality settling over me like a shroud. Julian's obsession was absolute. He didn't care
re in the hearth had died down to glowing e
caught the sharp, ruthless angles of his face. He moved with the arrogant grace of
ing edge. "I apologize for her dramatics today. But let me assure you, Seraphina, w
't offer him a hollow, unhinged smile. I simply loo
ing the breathless, manic lilt entirely. It was steady, cold, and lethal. "Y
d, revealing a flash of genuine shock, fo
to feel the ugliness she tries so hard to hide behind her pearls." I took a deliberate step toward him, my eyes locked onto his.
split second, that he hadn't broken me. The madness was a weapon
room turned violently oppressive. He closed the distance between us, stoppi
low, vibrating threat that scraped against my nerves. "
rushing a stray lock of hair f
. "Don Augusto Viti is hosting a gathering of The Commission. You will stand by my side in front of the
out, the door slamm
Old Man ringing in my ears like a death knell. Two days. In two days, I would be parad
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