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teel. That was Dant
streaming in through gold-framed windows. It should have felt like freedom. Instead
he knew she was being watched. Not just by Dante, but by everyone in this gilded fortress. Gu
n a jewe
owed outside u
allowed to
to leave any of t
all-she was
for thi
ard the corrido
ing notes. A habit from prison. A paper scrap, torn from one of the books in the private librar
uld be built p
atus Dante expected her to attend. She wore a silver dress chosen by Dante's tai
n in suits nodded. Women wh
et, she was expected to play
p in conversation with a man whose sleeves revealed intricat
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s eyes narrowing with every step
eyeing her from head to toe. "You lo
"You have an odd wa
way of trusti
ll get al
ver game you're playing with Dante-drop it. You may b
mommy issues when I hea
witched. "Wat
u'll scowl m
ply, Dante appeared b
inch. "Your cousin
ed at Mont
ly gave Rosafina a cold
ou really can't hel
ned," she replied,
slow, unreadab
ion. Not because of the diamond necklace or the designer heel
d. But no l
her door st
rned.
ladonor says you may take a walk
blinked
ed. "With a s
tter than
to the rooftop courtyard. It was vast and lush,
m in i
nd damp stone. A memory surfaced-her mother's garden
sts cl
to her coat pocket, where she'd hidden another
death. Colette started working with Frederick
ng the
voice mad
w feet away, han
ushed the pape
is rare,"
p at the sky. "Even stars loo
is where you come to th
me to remind myself why I run th
d like a
onest. Heroes a
er head. "An
r for a long ti
safina began putting
nd waiting to be another cas
ce novels while actually researching names and dates. She smiled a
ed philanthropists, thanks to marrying Ethan the man who had
married
umors said she had fallen ill. Others claimed she h
dn't buy ei
more. She n
, she'd have to e
the study, scanning documents,
" she said, bold
men t
his eyes. "The
m. "I'd like to go
a brow. "Plan
l. Not for me-my father. I still believ
e sc
for a long moment. "
d tightly
The city buzzed outsi
the month she was arrested. She scanned headlines. She noted inconsistencies in statements made by Ethan,Zelda, and Co
t all down,
she was ready to pull them
on the couch, reading over one of her s
s," he said witho
eady in
You think you can take
ink I can
"You really want
m in the eyes
ked. "T
nce for a moment
om
he
, smile, listen, and say
igh. "I'm excelle
"Then you'll
away, Rosaf
as a
s a c
oman bidin
gilded, but she ha
break it from