Chapter 48 The Stifling Room Without Escape

• Sicily, Italy.
• Cecilia was no longer bound and blindfolded, but now she was locked in a room. She couldn’t recall exactly when she’d been brought to this stifling space, but it felt like a new day had dawned. She remembered that it had already been dark when she flew out of London.
• Her body looked frail, but her gray eyes burned with sharp, feral intensity. Her lips stayed firmly sealed, not even parting for a bite of food. She’d decided to turn herself into a living statue—a hunger strike against her captors.