Vicenzo POV

I looked at her in shock. For a moment, my mouth opened but no words came out. My thoughts were scattered, moving too fast for me to catch any of them. The room suddenly felt smaller, like the walls were pressing in on me.

“As long as Rose does not talk, we are safe,” I finally said. “There is nothing to fear.”

She laughed.

It was not loud. It was not warm. It was the kind of laugh that carried disappointment and danger in it.

“You really believe that,” she said. “You ...