“Disease is contagious, as is Madness”
“Disease is contagious, as is Madness”“Viviana. Viviana! You must come away, now!”
Whether prodded by the urgency in his voice or the tugging of his insistent hand on her arm, Viviana came into awareness, turning away from the sight of Giuliano de’ Medici’s journey to death.
Looking upward, gaze ablur with tears, her mouth open yet silent, she found the stricken face of Patrizio inches away. He bobbled and staggered as he tugged on her arm.
Fiammetta wailed, desperate and despairing. She slapped at her husband’s grip, longing to be free of it, longing to flee. But Patrizio would not let go of either of them.
Viviana pushed to her feet, uncurling slowly as if the pain of her heart infested her body. For an instant, she put her hands to her ears to
