Or he would rip it to shreds.
 
 He would gently make love to me…
 
 Or take me like an animal, frenzied and wild.
 
 And every time he did, I cried out as he entered me –
 
 Hating him –
 
 And wanting him even more –
 
 Until I woke in the morning, my sheets tangled around me.
 
 I rolled over onto my side and felt immense shame.
 
 Amafiosohad forced himself upon me, and all I could do was quiver and want more.
 
 Every sermon I had ever listened to, every warning about lust came flooding back into my brain.
 
 I felt like I was in danger of going to hell for my desires.
 
 This was no ordinary man I was fantasizing about.
 
 He was a criminal.
 
 A thug.
 
 A murderer.
 
 A mafia don.
 
 The fact that I wanted him against my will…
 
 The fact that my body responded so powerfully to his touch, betraying me…
 
 What did that say about my soul?
 
 I felt tainted by sin…
 
 And for the first time since I had begun scheming, I wanted to go to church not just to escape the grounds and contact my father, but to unburden my soul and ask for forgiveness.
 
 I was in danger of hellfire for the feelings that Dario Rosolini inspired in me…
 
 And I would doanythingto be rid of those feelings once and for all.
 
 I dressed quickly, not in the silk dress he had given me, but in one of the dresses I had brought from home.
 
 I knew he would not allow me to leave.
 
 My mind kept returning to my mistake with the telephone yesterday. I knew I would have to gather more information if I wanted to escape the grounds.
 
 But how?
 
 …Cat.
 
 Caterina would tell me what I needed to know. I was sure of it.
 
 I made my way down to the kitchen. It was early enough that the house was barely stirring. I walked quietly, not wanting to encounteranyone– least of all Dario.