It was only as he processed what she had said did he realise she was gone, and he stood anxiously rushing into their bedroom,‘Bellissima, mi dispiace tanto.’ [Beautiful, I am so sorry.]He began but she was not in the room the door had been flung wide he saw and he knew he had failed her again, she had needed his understanding and love after such a declaration. He had given her neither just shock and disgust at what she had suffered, it had not been aimed at her but how was she supposed to know that? He could imagine her thoughts now, she would hate herself, her shame and humiliation would be tearing her proud heart to pieces, he knew how she thought and she would be blaming herself.Alcina collapsed, her legs giving way before she got very far, she was so weak from her incarceration she could not go any further, panting heavily she looked up and groaned. She was barely a few feet away from the villa and even now Ricci’s guards were heading toward her, Romero, one of his main capos,
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