"And when things don't go as planned, there's always a severe punishment for failure. To you in this situation, there's a way out you don't know yet."
ROSINA
"Seriously, Rosina Antonia, you don't want to make me lose my job," Diana said, more fear gripping her as she glared hard at me. I had just escaped from the De'Russo brothers, and the best place I could find was Diana's. I didn't need a soothsayer to tell me what would happen if they figured things out in time, and I needed to escape even before this happened. I couldn't let them know where I was until I could elope, but Diana was more scared.
"Please, Diana, you can't possibly abandon me like my family. I am your best friend," I urged her. Her gaze was that of a furious lion looking for who to devour, and right now, I was the prey
