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Dante’s Inferno

Evie Byrne

Dedication

To Giustiniana

Dante’s Inferno

Chapter One

Venice, 1750

Serena stared up at the stranger, fighting with herself. All you have to do is say no,

and he will go away.

All night she had walked the crowded streets of Carnival, alone and invisible. Until

now. Until this man singled her out among all the other women in the square, strutted up

to her, executed the silliest bow she had ever seen and asked her to dance. Beneath his

plain white mask, his crooked smile grew wider, beguiling her, daring her not to smile

back.

You’re a respectable widow. You can’t go jigging in a public square with some

Carnival rogue.

It was late. The dancing was turning less decent by the moment, yet she had not

danced for such a long time. The fast beat of the drums and the howling brass tempted

her as much as his smile. The air itself had a wild feel to it. And still he waited with his

hand outstretched.

Then it is just as well that no one knows who I am.

She accepted his hand just as a new song began. His warm, strong fingers closed

around hers and he drew her out into the center of the square to join the other dancers.

Evie Byrne - Dante's Inferno.pdf