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Chapter 31

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**Chapter 31**

I could lie. The skill would not even need to flag it. He would see it in my face.

"The first night was the mission," I say.

Luca does not move.

"A voice woke me up in this bed. It told me to seduce you before sunrise or be punished. I was terrified. I remembered the gun, and I remembered you, and I did what it said because I thought it was the only way to survive." My hands are shaking on the sheet. "Everything I said to you that night, I said with that clock in my head. The tou
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    **Chapter 28**I wait until the chapel is empty.Dante lets himself be led out by two guards, still sobbing, still gripping Luca's sleeve until the last second. When the door closes behind him, the candles seem to burn lower. Luca stands by the tomb with his head bowed. I watch his shoulders and know he is grieving, truly, for an uncle he barely liked and a cousin he has loved since they were boys.I pick up the silver bell and put it in my pocket."Luca.""Not now.""It has to be now."He turns. His eyes are red. "Elena, I have just watched Dante lose his father. Whatever it is, give me an hour.""Dante knew."He goes very still."He said he did not know his father was dead. The skill marked it at three percent." I keep my voice low, though we are alone. "He knew, Luca. He has known since last night."For a long moment he does not speak. I see the refusal rise in his face, and I see the effort it takes him to push it down. He crosses to the nearest pew and sits heavily."We were rais

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