Chapter 19: s*x, Lies, and the Bridge of Sighs
Adriana
We don’t stop walking until we reach one of the piers closest to the club. I can still hear the music blasting in the distance. Gondoliers are rolling in, dropping off their last fares of the night. A fog has settled over the city, shrouding the structures around us in an eerie mist highlighted by the glow of streetlights, making the cobbled streets appear as though they have become hidden pathways to another world. The differences between the Venetian nighttime and daytime hours astounds me, but the contrast reminds me of the way Luca’s two personalities go back and forth inside him, showing themselves when he’s at his most vulnerable and explosive alike. He’s wound up and can’t stop pacing in circles around me as we walk further do
