ut with a metallic clang that rattled Annetta's te

s thick and suffocating. It smelled of stale sweat,

nty. There were at least f

with a teardrop tattoo under her eye intentionally dro

ds flying up to grab her broken pea

p. She locked eyes with the tattooed woman. Annetta didn't say a word, but the raw, ho

te in the corner. She took off the woolen scarf she had pic

echoed from the sha

d to slum it wit

ant and a distant cousin of the Crane family. She wore a designer trench coat that w

ace. "How the mighty have fallen. The great Senat

lifted her chin, falling back on

Cristina snapped. "Remembe

! Your golden boy Alek ruined us! He stole millions and got himself blown up

ly on the shawl, suddenly jumped

ara yelled, her voice echoing

e took a step forward and raised her h

ed faster t

nd the precise cluster of nerves running along the radial artery. She pressed her nail inward with surgical, paralyzing precision. A violent, electric shock of pain shot up Ha

n, her face inches

ley could hear. "I know thirty-seven different ways to induce a fatal cardiac arrest using nothing but the clea

d nodded frantically. Annetta released her wrist in

The inmates watched Annetta with wary, calcu

back and sat

riarch was cracking. She leaned her head against the

whispered, her voice broken. "Di

s freezing hands. She squeezed them tight

burning with absolute conviction. "This i

ing down her cheek. "We are going to d

kin of her ring finger. "We are going to survive the exile. And when we do, we a

lding fire in her daughter-in-law's face. Slowly, Cristin

t the front of the ce

l. Among them was a young girl with pink hair, wearing

started sobbing. "Mom! It smells like pi

ispering frantically a

ed on Annetta sitting in the corner. Kenzie's face harde

ger at a metal bench occupied by a sleeping inmate.