The Lord Of Chaos: A Forced Marriage
It wasn’t a fragile gesture of comfort but one of containment, as if he were shielding every part of her from the collapse he’d just witnessed.
“How?” Vittoria whispered, her face buried against his chest, her voice nearly swallowed by the fabric and her sobs.
“They don’t choose at random, Vittoria,” Vincenzo replied, his voice steady, deliberate, like he was stating an undeniable truth. “They target girls in the prime of youth, eighteen, or a bit older, always from developing countries where inequality and poverty make any promise irresistible. Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Ukraine—places where hope is sold cheap and the illusion of a future can be bought with a handful of words.”
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