Chapter 112

Clara

Unnatural quiet had settled over the Lucchese estate, like the calm before the storm. To add to the feeling of foreboding hanging heavy in the air, an actual storm was on its way, looming over the city in the form of heavy rainclouds.

The quiet, the clouds … it all mirrored the turmoil in my chest.

I sat at the long dining table, hands clenched into fists on the polished wood, my mind circli