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“You’re going to stay here until you finally learn not to disobey me,” she says

Fear coils around my heart as my fate becomes bleaker by the minute

I shake my head “Please, don’t do this”

I don’t want to resort to begging, but if I must, I will She was s left inside her heart for me

“I’m sorry I tried to escape,” I plead “I just wanted—”

“What you want is irrelevant,” she interrupts “You’re in my house, and you will learn to respect the rules”

I’ve never seen her this off the rails before But in with

“You disappointed hter doesn’t o easy on you That I’ll pity you” She scoffs “And don’t for a second think you can try those antics again”

So I was right Being forced to witness that execution was a warning after all

Could she have it in her to hurt me?

To have me killed like she did that man?

I s hard, and my hands instinctively reach for my belly, but I stop midair

Mythe way Her fingers tap against the door

Did I give ht? There’s no way I didn’t tell her about nancy, and now that I’ve seen how she can react … I definitely won’t be

But I don’t kno long I’ to find out regardless

“Make no hter Whether you like it or not,” she says, her voice so sharp and serious that it brings goose bu I want to know”

When she attempts to close the door, I hold up a hand “Wait!”

She pauses, raising a brow

“If I give you what you want, will you let o?”

Her lip twitches “I’ain with you”

Damn Well, it orth a shot

“But if you won’t tell me exactly what Marcello has been up to, maybe you’ll tell him instead”

Hi about?

Suddenly, she slams the door shut, and I’m left with more questions than answers

I run to the door and bang on it a few times to no avail

“Mother! Let me out!” I scream “You can’t keep me here forever! Do you hear me?”