THE PRISON WALLS
~SIMONE'S POV~
Once back at the mansion, Nicholas disappeared into his study with Carlos. The guards escorted me to my room…my prison…with their usual silent efficiency.
The moment the door closed, I unfolded Cheryl's note with trembling fingers.
‘Trust no one. My father and uncle planned everything with someone close to Stravkos. Uncle Vincenzo suspected before the wedding. Find his journal in the study.’
My breath caught. Father had suspected? And now his journal was somewhere in Nicholas's study….the one room in this gilded prison I was expressly forbidden to enter.
I crumpled the note and flushed it down the toilet.
As I watched the paper melt, my mind raced with questions. Who was the traitor in Nicholas's inner circle? Aunt Irene? Henry? Carlos? And how woul
