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CHAPTER TEN

Author: Andrea Katie
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-17 05:28:26

Sienna’s POV

The house was too quiet when I walked in.

Not the soft, comforting kind of quiet you’d welcome after a long evening — but a brittle, unnatural stillness. Like the walls themselves were holding their breath, waiting for something to crack. My heart was thudding so hard in my chest I was sure it echoed in the hallway.

I shut the door behind me with a gentle click, leaning against it for a moment, eyes fluttering shut as I exhaled the breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding. The scent of roses from the vase by the console mixed with the faint trace of Leo’s cologne still clinging to my skin. It was too much. Too soon. Too heavy.

My heels made soft clicks against the hardwood as I hurried upstairs, bypassing the dimly lit hallway and the framed photographs that lined the walls. My sanctuary, my prison — both at once.

I eased open the door to the kids’ room, careful not to make a sound.

The warm glow of their nightlight painted the walls in muted amber. There they were — my l
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