nna
my mother. From me. I wanted the
hands up in a d
empted to smooth things over
t me. "The girl's beh
im with a voice as c
, Lorenzo." Every wor
whispering cluster of wives.
stop making a scene," she advised
ter is an act of charity that
her icy glare directly on Rosa, pinning the w
"would you surrender your own m
ed with a deep, b
nto the anonymity of the other women and ke
lf had grown viscous and thin, constricting his windpipe. He was starting to look lik
" he demanded, casting a nervous glance around the c
refused, her pos
laid bare right her
his voice, takin
e of the honorabl
c that I would protect Cam
n must survive
y, the sound sharp and
a mean destroying my own re
is mask of civilit
or the protection I a
taller, refusing
k wedding silk straight onto the dirt. I had never seen a
r voice ringing with a note of finality, "not serv
nce, but I knew what I had to do
m the courtyard floor, I pressed the heavy stack
ged her to walk away from
, his considerable frame bl
s, his eyes find
ng a private tribunal later that evenin
the Underbosses have alr
murmur again, their whispers li
ill be exiled from the Syndicate," they whisp
embled at the threat
my arms tightly around her neck and p
fraid of t
, replaced by something harder. Steel entering a spine. For the first time since my father died, I watched my mother truly look at an enemy and refuse to lower
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