Chapter 16: Butter on the Marble

By Thursday, the whole of Vesper Bay believed that Aria Castellane was either a hostage, a spy, or Luca Drakos's mistress, and the only thing anyone could agree on was that it was the most interesting thing to happen on the docks in a year. She learned this from Benny, who learned it from his cousin, who drove a taxi. It had arrived at Bellefiore like weather: first as murmurs at the counter, the...