Chapter 102

• As the night wore on, Marietta found herself unable to rest. The dormitory had succumbed to a heavy silence, the low sounds of snores and muted whispering permeating the air around her. With no windows to guide her, she had no way to ascertain the time, and this only amplified her anxiety.
• Below her, a pregnant inmate cursed her vehemently the moment she shifted her weight again, causing the bunk to shake. Marietta retaliated with a curse of her own, quickly silencing the woman beneath her.
• Her gaze flickered toward the guards stationed at the doors outside; they had yet to leave their posts. Their shift was supposed to end by eleven o'clock, the very hour when Vincenzo had orchestrated her execution.