All Chapters of Twinned lies: Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

The west wing was quieter than it should’ve been.No voices. No footsteps. Not even the faint hum of the boiler that usually kicked on around this hour. Emilia's boots echoed against the parquet floors as she moved quickly, trying not to run. Running would make it worse—make it real. But every creak, every shadow made her skin itch.The house had shifted in her absence. She felt it immediately—like waking to find someone’s moved all your furniture, just slightly. Enough to be disorienting. Enough to feel like a warning.She passed the library. Dark. The light Luca always left on—off.He wasn’t here.She swallowed hard and made her way to the room, but heard or saw no one.Still nothingThen—A sound. Sharp. Distant.Metal on stone?The cellar.Her pulse jumped.Of course he would’ve looked there. If he thought she’d run. If he thought—Then another sound. This one closer. Behind herHer name. Low. Rough. Wounded.“Emilia.”She froze.Luca stood at the bottom of the stairs, a flashligh

Luca’s black SUV screeched to a halt in the driveway of his villa, its tires skidding on the gravel. The gates swung open, and he practically tore himself from the car before it had even fully stopped, his rage an inferno burning everything in its wake. His mind raced with violent thoughts, desperate for a way to fix it, to find Emilia before it was too late.The villa, a fortress of glass and steel, stood in stark contrast to the chaos swirling inside him. He barely noticed the grandeur of the place as he stormed into the entrance hall.Isadora was already there, pacing in the large living room, her face pale with fear. When she saw Luca, her breath hitched, the weight of the situation settling on her like a suffocating blanket. She opened her mouth to speak but was stopped by the explosion of Luca’s voice.“Dimitri’s got her, Isa,” he spat, his voice like gravel, raw with anger. “Emilia’s gone. He took her from the hospital. Dimitri has her.”Isadora froze, the words slicing through