his coat and

derground garage, and in the d

password appear

ce. Pack up and move in as soon as you can. I'm busy the

essage, Selena swit

body and quietly bega

every corner holding traces of her life and t

e lit up

Caius

th Charlotte, holding her hand like a lov

edia. Don't contact me again-

suddenly laughed out loud-the

love ended, brushed asid

tears and cont

orth taking, but pl

e fireplace bu

bum one by one, lingering on each memo

anniversaries and Valentine's Day, and she o

ght together with Caius for

be like ten ye

ogether. Maybe by then my father will have taken me back

d the edges of t

t before crumbling into ashes-a sy

became the Godfather, but she was never the Godmot

ll in high school when she f

llegitimate child, endured constant sco

a in her school uniform, looking to hi

Any second could be my last. Think it through, Selena

ena was naive

's arms, clinging to him as

red with dust, carrying th

offering her first kiss

I only want you. I just want t

, she followed Caius into the mafia,

ghts, in a storm of bull

o each other with such wild abandon that they collaps

hey reached the peak, sa

ng he would do was marry Selena-granting her supreme honor, his undiv

ould ascend as

was break up with her-choosing a

oto, brushed off her hand

twenty-s

ess-running away from marriage, throwi

he was so desperate to curry favor with-Orion