Chapter 23

BEATRIX'S POINT OF VIEW

The scream ripped from my throat before I was fully awake, my body jackknifing upright in bed. Sweat soaked through my silk nightgown, heart hammering against my ribs like it might break through. For a moment, I didn't know where I was, lost in the space between nightmare and reality.

Cecelia's face, smiling as I drowned. Dante watching from the shore, doing noth