Valeria

It had been two days since Dante had left. Two whole days of not being barked at with instructions. Two good days where the air in the villa felt a bit less heavy though it wasn't still light. I wasn't that naive to believe that his absence meant I had just gained my freedom.

The villa itself was a fortress, and I was simply part of the treasure that it protected. Every glare that I got from the guards, every door that was locked behind me, and the sight of security cameras on my ...