Lina's POV
My thoughts drifted back to last night.
After Marcus had thrown down the bank card and left, Victoria had taken me to her private quarters.
I'd watched as she removed two exquisite rosewood boxes from a massive safe.
She hadn't tried to hide anything from me.
When she opened the first box, I swear the entire room seemed to darken, all the light sucking inward toward—
Sapphires.
Not just any sapphires. A complete parure of Ceylon sapphires, the kind of pigeon's blood blue that you only see in royal collections or high-end auction houses.
The necklace was a waterfall of perfectly matched stones, each one the size of my thumbnail, set in platinum with diamonds. The earrings, bracelet, and ring matched flawlessly.
I'd lost my parents young, but I'd grown
