Chapter 37

Clara

Bright morning sun cast a golden glow over the sprawling Lucchese estate as I stepped out of Dario’s car and onto the flagstone driveway. The manor loomed up over me like a harbinger of doom cast in a breathtaking sheath of stone and carved marble.

Reminding me, as if I needed the reminder, of how this would permanently become my world.

As if the lingering aches weren’t enough. As if the wee