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At nineteen, Sage Rosafiere has spent the last three years serving at Castle Dimitrescu. Despite the blood, chaos, and dangers of living among monsters, the castle has become the closest thing she has to a home.
But when Sage finds herself caught in a situation that puts her safety at risk, Lady Dimitrescu decides there is only one way to protect her.
She sends Sage to House Beneviento.
Far from the familiar halls of the castle, Sage must adjust to a quiet, isolated estate hidden away in the fog. Though she doesn't know Donna Beneviento particularly well, their paths had crossed many times at the castle, and Sage had occasionally found herself alone with her, sharing quiet conversations. From those moments, Sage knew Donna was soft-spoken, reserved, and shy-but never the cold, heartless woman the rumors made her out to be.
Knowing Donna from the castle, however, doesn't prepare Sage for living under her roof. Castle Dimitrescu was loud, unpredictable, and always full of people. House Beneviento is the opposite. The silence, isolation, and lack of familiar faces leave Sage struggling to find her place, especially when even her duties as a maid feel different.
But slowly, House Beneviento begins to feel less unfamiliar. Angie's familiar mischief offers comfort, while Donna's quiet presence gives Sage someone to turn to when the loneliness becomes too much. Their brief conversations gradually become something Sage looks forward to, and with every shared moment, she finds herself growing closer to Donna, even as she fears that allowing herself to belong here means losing the home and family she left behind.
Because Sage came to House Beneviento expecting a temporary place of work.
She never expected Donna Beneviento to become someone she couldn't imagine leaving behind.