The sun had barely cracked over Manhattan when Isabella awoke to a silence so thick, it felt like a scream trapped behind glass.No footsteps in the hall.No breath against her shoulder.No Damian.Damian never left without a trace. He had routines in the mornings, coffee first, then a kiss on her bare shoulder, and a whispered, “Back soon, princess.”Today, there was nothing.Just silence.Just cold sheets where his warmth should have been, and the soft, uneven thud of her heart beginning to stutter.She sat up slowly, her nightgown clinging to her damp skin like a second, unfamiliar layer. The air in the penthouse was wrong too still, too clean, like the sterile breath of an operating table moments before the first incision. Her gaze swept the room.Nothing was out of place.And yet, everything was wrong.And then she saw it.A crimson envelope.Resting neatly on Damian’s side of the bed.Silent. Ominous. Waiting.Her fingers hesitated before touching it, as if it might burn her. T
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