ALINA
I understood what he meant.
"Yes, Luca. I understand."
He opened the door and shut it softly behind him. I listened to his footsteps as they walked down the hall until the silence settled like dust on my skin.
Then I curled into myself, my arms wrapping around my knees the way Victoria had done, and fell asleep.
She was gone.
One second of anger had started a roller coaster of events that had gotten out of control.
The thought spiraled through me bitterly.
She didn't have to spray me.
And Luca didn't have to punish her so severely.
But he did.
And now she was dead.
The universe didn't care what made sense, or even what was justified.
It only cared about what happened after. And in my after, I was ridden by guilt. I shouldn't have been, but dea
