BOUND BY HONOR, BETRAYED BY LOVE

s fixed on the diary in her hands. She beg

trapped in the mansion by Alessandro's father. Elizabeth ha

er spine. She was reading about her own sit

onging for freedom. Sophia felt a pang of sympathy for th

her heart skip a beat. Elizabeth had written about a

he words. Could it be true? Was the

arching for any more clues. And then, she saw

Sophia's heart leapt with excitement. She had to find

that she had to be careful. She didn't want

any sign of the secret passage. She searched

e frustrated. She knew that the passage had t

int noise coming from behind a nearby wall. She walke

the panel open. Behind it, she found a narrow pas

She had found th

ding with excitement. She knew that she had to be

rmined to escape

bled upon a series of twists and turns. She had to c

kept moving forward, her hea

aw a glimmer of light up ahead. She stumbled

into the bright sunlig

. She had escap

that she was not alone. Alessandro was sta

e that easily, did you?" he asked

trapped once again. But she refused to give up.

yes locked on Alessandro's. She