*VINCENZO*
"But why did you go so far to save me? Adeline seemed to ask herself, but I know that the time has come to bare every bit of my black, damned soul to her.
"Why did you take me?" she had asked, voice trembling. It felt like a cross-examination, each question hitting me harder than the last. I had known that I would need to come clean eventually, but revealing my vulnerabilities to a woman like her was terrifying.
I sighed heavily, staring at the faint shadows dancing on the walls of my office, a stark reminder of the duality of my existence. Outside, the city buzzed with life, blissfully unaware of the chaos that existed in the underworld. I thought about how I'd lived in the shadows, and how, for far too long, her carefree spirit felt like a distant star fading into the night
