Chapter 284

Giovanni

I’d been here so long, I’d stopped counting the hours.

Because I knew that it’s been more than days.

Though I did not know how many, I knew that they were enjoying this. Each and every one of them saw it as their own victory. And though I did not want to admit it, I knew that it was my loss.

The chains bit into my wrists. The damp stone beneath me ached in my bones. The only sound was my own ragged breathing, and the faint dripping of water somewhere in the dark.

They thought they’d broken me.

No.

Not yet.

Not me.

I was still Giovanni. And I would find a way.

I was going to get out of this place. I was going to manage to leave. I just needed to find the right way to do it.

I always found a way.

And I was not going to allow this setback to change my ways or my methods. I was not going to allow anyone to ruin my motive or to think that they would defeat me.

I shifted, testing the cuffs again,