A Promise Drowned in Silence
With this creepy little laugh, she went, "If the Don leaves now, you've clearly failed to hold him. Time for punishment."
I tried to yank free. No luck.
"Let me go!"
She pulled out a silver pin, tied with red ribbon and rosemary.
"This isn't punishment, Signora Leone," she rasped. "Just a little pain. He'll come back. The baby will follow."
Before I could move, she jabbed the pin into my fingertip. Pain shot through my chest like lightning.
Next thing I knew, I was being dragged down to the old cistern under the manor.