Chapter Six – The Price of a Choice

MALIA

Every face in the hall turned toward me.

But somehow, my eyes went straight to his—Marcello. Whoever he really was. It didn’t matter now. What mattered was the look on his face.

Grim.

Not surprised or smug. Just… grim. As if my stepping forward wasn’t brave or foolish—it was wrong. A m...

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