Chapter 6: She Took My Daughter's Place

Leo was safe. Two guards on the door, one at the window, Vittoria herself in the chair beside his bed with a rosary in her fist and a pistol in her handbag. It was Luna they'd left alone. I found her nurse unconscious in the nursery and my daughter's bed empty and a red silk glove lying on the pillow like a signature. I have never made a sound like the one I made then. Dante found me on my knees on the floor with the glove crushed against my chest. "Elena." "She has my baby." "I know." "She's...