Raven
I didn't plan on coming here.
That was the lie that I told myself as I stood outside Dominic and Nico's mansion. It didn't take me long to figure out where it was considering I had been held here against my will not long ago. My fist hovered inches from the door. My heart thudded hard and unsteady in my chest, the echo of it filling my ears. Once I crossed this threshold again, there would be no pretending I could step back into the life I was leaving behind.
I knocked anyway.
The door opened not to silence or multiple guards — but warmth. Alessio stood there, a knowing smile on his face with the door wide and one of the workers Nico had hired. I remembered her from my time here when she brought me food and extra blankets when I asked. There was conversation flowing from the di
