Chapter Seventy Five

They settled into a routine, the children had their private tutor and a huge castle as their playground instead of Capos they had servants and it was only a matter of weeks until their American accents were replaced by the cut glass accents of the Royal family. Lady Natasha became a recluse, she caught up with everything that was required of her regarding the castle and then just stopped. They would find her sitting in the library an open book untouched on her knee gazing outside at nothing, she never smiled and rarely spoke to anyone it was clear she was suffering. Her eyes were red-rimmed and her skin was grey, she did not eat much and she never went outside. Danilo and Reuben were worried she was fading away before their eyes and they could not understand why Romero did not come for her and their children,

‘What is fucking wrong with him?’

Reuben exploded as they watched Lady Natasha drift from one room to another like a little lost soul.

Romero did not come for her because he had