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CamillaBy the time morning came, I had turned the night's events over in my mind so many timesThe voices in the garden, the person who came into my room. And then there was Isabella.She had arrived the same day as all of this. Perhaps she had something to do with what the men were saying in the garden. Perhaps she was the one who had come to my room while I was gone. I had even search online for clues but to no avail, of course.I finally went downstairs for breakfast. I didn't get to each much last night. The arrival of my family had ruined my appetite, thank God they left before I could see them off.Breakfast room had already been served because the whole dinning was filled with the smell of back, bread and honey.Meanwhile Lucas and Isabella were already seated.They were sitting close together at the head of the table, his chair angled toward hers in a way that suggested intimacy. She was laughing at something he had said, her hand resting lightly on his forearm.They did loo

LucasCamilla's reaction was immediate. She spun around and the color drained from her face so fast I thought she might actually faint. Her hands moved behind her back, trying to hide the paper, trying to look innocent, trying to do about five things at once and failing spectacularly at all of them.It was genuinely amusing. I had to hand it to her.I pushed off the wall and walked toward her slowly with hands in my pockets, keeping my voice completely even. "You can stop trying to hide it. I know what's on my own desk."She straightened. The paper was still behind her back, pressed against her spine like she thought I couldn't see both sides of her body at the same time. Her chin came up and she looked at me with those green eyes that had been giving me problems since the moment she walked into this house."I wasn't hiding anything," she said."Of course not." I stopped a few feet from her and tilted my head. "So tell me. Why are you sneaking around my study? And what exactly did you

Camilla The door closed behind Isabella as she left me alone with promise of her threat hanging in the air.I pressed my palms against my eyes until I saw stars. I should probably follow Lucas anyway but the last time I did that I killed someone. I always put someone in danger. Maybe Lucas was right after all and I am nothing but a liability.I went back to my room because one, there was nothing else to do but wait and two, I had to plan this. This wasn't the first time someone was threatening me, and I have spent enough time with people to know they make good on promises like this. Someone once told me that the easiest thing was to kill something. I stared at my hands. They were trembling. When had they started trembling? I curled them into fists, then released them. Isabella was dangerous, I had known that from the moment I saw her. But dangerous how? To me, or to Lucas? Or to both of us? She had warned me about Vittorio as if she were doing me a kindness, but there was no kindne

LucasWe took Marco to the basement of Eclipse, one of the clubs I owned that wasn't under my name. Ivan and Dante tied him to a chair with his wrist bound to the back.I pulled up another chair and sat down across from him. Ivan stood by the door. Dante leaned against the wall near the table of tools. "Let's start over," I said. "From the beginning.""Who are you working for?"Marco said nothing."I don't want to waste my time doing this. So here's how this is going to work," I said. "You're going to tell me who you were talking to. You're going to tell me what you talked about. And you're going to tell me who else is involved. And if I believe you, maybe I let you walk out of here."Marco let out a bitter laugh. "Let me walk out of here? You're not going to let me walk out of here, Lucas. I know how this works.""Aren't you so smart?" I nodded to Dante who grabbed a hammer and a nail from the table.Marco began to shake his head, trying frantically to escape from the ropes. "Please

Camilla The workers stood frozen in place, their eyes darting between Lucas and me like they were stuck a match they desperately wanted to escape.Lucas's jaw tightened. "Dismiss them." He ordered calmly.I blinked. "What?""You heard me." His eyes never left mine. "Dismiss the servants. Now."I turned to face the line of workers, my skin prickling with the awareness of Isabella still standing at my side. "You can all go back to your duties."They scattered quickly, grateful for the excuse to leave. Martha hesitated for just a moment, her eyes meeting mine with something that looked like sympathy, before she too disappeared into the house.Only Isabella remained.Lucas glanced at her, and something passed between them, "You too."Isabella smiled, slow and satisfied. "Of course." She brushed past me, close enough that her shoulder grazed mine. "Good luck, Crazy Camilla," she murmured. Then she was gone, and I was alone with Lucas in the empty courtyard."Come with me," he said.He di