AT QUERCIA HEADQUARTERS

The lengthy walk to the dining room was nerve-wracking; she was not ready nor willing to face Alessandro again.

Another woman had joined Enora in the room when she’d exited the bathroom in one of the outfits that had been provided. It wasn’t bad per say, but it was less modest than she was used to. They’d told her she looked great however, and announced breakfast was ready.

Guards were outside of her room, unsurprisingly, and at every ...