Chapter Eighty Six

Ricci let out a breath he had not known he was holding and he was not the only one, around the room so were the Medics and even the Consultant. Everyone was smiling and hugging each other while Ricci bent over Alcina,

‘Ben fatto, mia Bella. Riposati un po' ora, e poi voglio che tu torni da me.’ [Well done my Beauty, have a rest now and then I want you to come back to me.]

He kissed her cold lips and then took his seat by her bedside, the Consultant had already warned him that nothing would change, all she would do was breathe for herself but it was a start.

Alcina screamed inside her head, there was pain, so much fucking pain, she could not breathe, she fought and struggled,

‘No, no, no.’

Her screams went unanswered and she did not know why,

‘Where was the voice?’

She thought desperately, it was her comfort, her lifeline and she did not want to survive without it,

‘Where was it? Why couldn’t she find it?’

‘Va tutto bene Bellezza, non aver paura, sono proprio qui ad aspettarti.’ [It’s