CASSNDRA’S POV~
I didn’t even know how I got here.
One second I was in that greenhouse, and the next… I was floating through the streets like a ghost. The noise around me was nothing but static, cars honking, people yelling, shoes scraping against concrete but it all blurred. Muted. Like I was underwater.
Something inside me was splintering.
Caterina’s words echoed like gunshots in my skull.
“There is no future for you and Adriano. Not when your father’s blood was on his hands.”
No matter how many times I shook my head, how many times I told myself she was wrong, her voice wouldn’t shut up. It curled through my ribs, clawing at every soft part of me until I didn’t know what was real anymore.
I didn’t even realize I was crying until I tasted salt on my lips.
And then someone’s shoul
