Her voice breaks.
“She only learned the truth today. All this time, she believed she was protecting a guest, never knowing she was risking her life for an heiress of the South.”
“You said Valentina escaped. Graziela, where is this club?”
“In Calabria. It has always been there, hidden away so the law would not be broken. The Sicilian code of silence does not apply in Calabria.”
“And Valentina thinks she can simply walk inside without being recognized?” Francesco asks.
“She is with the Scarlatto,” I conclude.
“And that group of women thinks it can enter Nero’s territory just to retrieve some random girl?” Arturo sounds outraged that everyone is risking their lives for something he considers insignificant. “We have had enough deaths already without giving this madness an audience.”
“Va
