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Giving myself a second to breathe a sigh of relief, I drifted my gaze around. Vincenzo didn't leave my side yesterday. After dolling up, when I stepped into the hallway of the room, it was only me. I didn't hear him leaving the house.

I wanted to see Willow but Vincenzo said they needed time. Ivan lost his father. It gave me one more reason to point at my mother. She and her troop weren't near good.

I tried to keep myself awake, fearing that a stranger would show up and take me away from my safe zone.

I gulp in fear. What my mother would have done to the people consumed my thoughts. I always wanted to be like her. I'm glad I am not.

I braced myself to spend time alone. My mother's bad deeds are haunting me.

I paced out of the room. My heart pounded and my feet halted.

"We need to pay much attention to the security." Marcus's voice reached me.

"It's not our security system. But people who crossed us and met their death. I want