THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

your decision before sunset.

You will tell Francisco everything.

Not because you trust him completely.

Because the secret is already killing you inside the walls where it was buried.

The next afternoon, during a supervised walk in the garden, you slip him one of Isabel’s letters. Your fingers brush his palm. His expression does not change.

Good.

A man who continue reading …