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Chapter 3 A Rose, A Warning
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lood-red rose.felt like a death sentence. Its petals, delicate as velvet, wer
knuckles white. My heart pounded like war drums against my ribs. Who
n my bedroom door
ousemaid, Lucia, called from the other sid
lf. When I opened the door, Lucia was already halfway down the corridor, not waiting for
tch the chill crawling under my skin. The table
. My mind was still on th
fortress disguised as a palace walls lined with expensive art, polished floors, armed guards in
ted exp
door guarded by two men in bla
nly," one of them said f
oldly, summoning every ounce of fir
er, unsure, until a voic
's ri
ren
shirt half buttoned, cigarette dangling from his
she pleases. Isn't
and opened the door. "C
s not what
tage of the estate, the city, and my stomach
hing my famil
rette, eyes flicking to the screen
es. Enemies. And unc
harply. "You think
're a wild card. That'
y. A figure placing a rose in fro
hat," I w
ound and fro
lender. Hooded. Mo
ff. Not
," he said quietly. "I'
snapped.
lent
pawn? Then
room, rage simmer
sealed envelope had be
e handw
re it
: a pho
si
to a
mouth. A gun
a n
were not part of the plan. Fix yo
I sat on the edge of the bed, th
was a
anted me dead.
t I was already in the battle
for
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