Giuliana I woke up slowly, my eyes opening to a ceiling I didn’t recognize, and for a second I just lay there, trying to gather myself. The room was quiet except for the faint sound of movement beside me, and when I turned my head, I saw a maid standing close, carefully cleaning my hands with a damp cloth.My brows pulled together slightly as I watched her, confusion settling in before anything else.This wasn’t my room.Memory came back clearly, one moment after the other, and my chest tightened as everything settled in. The hall filled with people, the festival lights, Logan standing in front of me with Rosser beside him, the argument that followed, and then the pain that forced me down, the blood soaking through my dress, and the way everything slipped out of control before I could steady myself.I pushed myself up abruptly, panic rising fast as my hands moved to my abdomen.“My baby,” I breathed out, my voice shaking before it rose without control, “my baby!”The maid startled im
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