Beneath the Cathedral

In the heart of Palermo, the baroque spires of the cathedral reach toward heaven, but beneath the stone floor, the shadows belong to Lorenzo Marchetti. For a decade, Serafina Greco has played the organ for an unseen audience, her life bankrolled by a mysterious benefactor she has never met. She believes her talent is her salvation, unaware that her music is the soundtrack to a monster’s fixation. Serafina carries a rotting secret: the blood of a man she killed at sixteen to escape his brutality. She thinks the past is buried, but Lorenzo has been the guardian of her ghosts since the beginning. He didn't just watch her grow; he curated her isolation, clearing the path of anyone who dared to look her way. When the mask of the anonymous donor finally slips, Serafina finds herself not a protégé, but a captive in his cliffside villa. Trapped between a savior who is also her jailer and the crushing weight of her own history, Serafina must decide if she is truly broken, or if she has finally