A Tiny Surrender

Viviana's POV

My eyes opened to a high, gold-trimmed ceiling that belonged to a world I never wanted to see again. For a fleeting second, I clung to the desperate hope that the terror of the past few days was merely a fever dream. I wanted to wake up in our soft little apartment in Florence, hear the noisy traffic below, and feel the safe, predictable rhythm of our old life. I wanted to hear the s