Serena I waited until dusk. Not because I was afraid. Because I wanted all three of them in the same room. There’s power in choosing your moment. In knowing when to walk into the fire—not to survive it, but to become it. That’s what I’d learned lately. Pain is a kind of teacher. Silence, too. But I was done being quiet. Luca paced the hallway, his jaw clenched, frustration rolling off him in waves. Hands shoved deep in his pockets, shoulders tight, like he’d already decided he didn’t want to hear what I had to say. Matteo sat in the study, sketchbook closed for once, his fingers twitching where they rested on his knee. The man couldn’t stand stillness for long. A glass of whiskey sat beside him, untouched, the amber catching firelight. He hadn’t sipped it once. That, more than anything, told me he was already bracing for something. Nico was the quietest. Leaning against the wall beside the fireplace, arms crossed over his chest, expression unreadable. He watched the shadows dan
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