A Dangerous Appetite

Chiara Bellini's POV

Exquisite plaster molding swirls across the ceiling above me, mocking the hollow ache carved into my chest. I blink against the morning light, praying the last forty-eight hours will dissolve into a fever dream. No such luck. The suffocating luxury of this sprawling bedroom cements the brutal truth. I am a captive on enemy territory, entirely at Dima’s mercy. Dragging my heav