Chapter 9 Blood On The Marble Floors
- Blood on Marble Floors
- The compound had been too quiet all morning. Valentina noticed on the grand balcony that overlooked the gardens no guards pacing, no distant laughter from the lower quarters, not even the idle chatter of staff. Rafael was on a call in his office, and she was left alone with her unease.
- Something was wrong. She felt it in the way the birds had stopped singing.