CHAPTER 244
KATYA POV
My heart slammed so hard against my ribs it felt like it might crack them open. The room tilted, shrinking to that single point where her gaze met mine.
She looked terrified. Not defiant. Not cruel. Not sharp-tongued and sure like she'd been in the kitchen.
Terrified.
I sucked in a breath that burned all the way down. "Li...." My voice caught immediately, strangled before it could form anything useful.
"Madonna santa," Nonna breathed, wheeling in front of me without hesitation, her chair placing itself squarely between me and Lila like instinct had taken over where thought couldn't. "Who did this?"
No one answered.
The door stayed open, the hallway beyond it eerily empty, like the house itself had stepped back to watch.
Lila shifted weakly, a low sound slipping from her throat as she tried to push herself up. Her hand raised brushed my leg, fingers trembling.
