My body was hurled into the air and slammed back down against the cold marble floor.
I curled around my belly, shielding it with both arms, and looked up at Seraphina through the pain. My voice came out cold and steady.
"Do you really think the Don won't find out what you've done here?"
Seraphina scoffed, utterly unbothered. She smoothed the front of her dress as though I'd dirtied it by existing in the same room.
"I am the Don's one true love, the woman he fell for at first sight. A single glance from me was enough to make him end the war."
"Everyone across the Five Families knows how deeply he loves me."
"All I'm doing is disciplining a pathetic outsider. Even if he finds out, so what? You think he'd blame me over some insignificant nobody like you?"
The Castellano soldiers in her entourage sneered in agreement.
"Exactly. Everyone across the underworld knows the Don fell for Lady Seraphina at first sight. What are you? You're not even fit to be compared to her."