Their Wife
“Even if I save you from them now, they’d never give up. We need something permanent.”
“Well then, what can you do to help me?” I asked nervously.
“I can help you, Rara,” Alessandro said bluntly. “But only if you promise to help me in return.”
I inhaled sharply. “I will…but I can’t be involved—”
“You are already involved, Rara, whether you like it or not. Do you know who your husbands are?”
“They’re not my husbands!” I said sharply.
“You haven’t slept with them?” Hearing the sharp intake of my breath, he said, “That’s what I thought. I’m sure they wasted no time taking exactly what they wanted from you, just like they took your family away. Just like they are taking dozens of lives away.”