Page 108 of The Devils and the Duchess

Tino glances over his shoulder at me. I’ve never seen such terror in his dark eyes.

“I think she’s stopped breathing,” he says.

“Someone call nine-one-one,” Lucia cries.

The enormity of witnessing this makes me realize something, and my walls crumble.

No, no, fuck no. This can’t be happening. We can’t lose her.

I now understand…

The Devils need their Duchess.