Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three

Irina

I woke up to someone shaking me.

"Mrs. Irina! Mrs. Irina, wake up!"

I opened my eyes. Lucia was standing over me, her face pale with fear.

"What is wrong?" I asked, sitting up quickly.

"It is Mr. Dimitri," Lucia said. Her voice was shaking. "He tried to escape last night."

My heart stopped. "What? Is he…"

"He is alive," Lucia interrupted. "But Mr. Alexei caught him. He has been moved to the punishment cells."

I threw off the blanket and stood up. "The punishment cells? Where are those?"

"In the basement," Lucia said. "Below the regular cells. It is... it is a terrible...