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Chapter 161

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Lila

By the time we finally left the cove, dusk was sliding over the world in a lavender haze.

The drive back was quiet.

Luca held my hand the entire time, his thumb brushing the soft skin between my knuckles in slow, absent circles.

I didn’t know if he was thinking about the baby, or his father, or the thousand things that could go wrong in a life like ours.

But for once, I didn’t feel the urge to fill the silence.

It was enough just to be here.

With him.

When the car pulled into the long drive that led up to the house, I felt a little pang in my chest.

It was ridiculous, how fast that place had started to feel like home even with all the tension simmering in the walls.

But tonight, as the gates closed behind us and the house came into view, something felt off.

The lights were blazing in almost every window.

Three black SUVs were parked haphazardly in the gravel, their doors still open like whoever had driven them had jumped out in a hurry.

Beside me, Luca went rigid.

“Stop the car,”
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