Chapter 178

• Selene held Lydia tight, her sobs muffled against her shoulder. Every instinct screamed to run, to get her daughter away from this place.
• Romano leaned against the wall, laughing raggedly even as blood dripped from his mouth. “This place is coming down whether you like it or not. You want your child safe? Leave now.”
• Selene’s claws clenched against Lydia’s back. Her heart twisted. Leave Mary? Leave the woman who had betrayed her, yet turned in the end?