Chapter 81

Of all the situations she had been in recently, enduring unimaginable and torturous agonies, Victoria had never felt as frightened as on the day she was forcibly taken from the Mazzini mansion without any warning or explanation.
As she descended the stairs of the unknown place, the air became scarcer, and the environment took on an almost unbearable heat.
Finally, she heard a large, weighty door open slowly as she felt it with the palms of her hands. Still blindfolded, she could only hear voices echoing through the space, which seemed empty from the echo.