LUCA

“You need to let that woman go. Your plan failed. She’s no use to you anymore.”

“Veda is none of your concern, padre.”

“How many times do I need to tell you. Luca? Eh? She’s a distraction—”

We’d been going round and round with this same conversation for the past hour. “She will be DEAD if she leaves my house! Or worse! I’m not throwing her out to the wolves who are constantly prowling around just waiting for their chance to take me down!” What I’d told Veda earlier was true. My family had enemies, and they were constantly looking for a weak link. Some way to break us...