I tried to sleep. I really did.But the image of Zane’s face when he saw that message wouldn’t leave my head. The tension in his jaw. The way his voice dropped low when he told me to lock my door.By 3 a.m., I was pacing.By 3:10, I was standing at my window, watching the driveway below.That’s when I saw it, a black SUV pulling in through the gates. Not the sleek luxury cars I’d gotten used to seeing, but something darker, more anonymous.Three men got out. None of them were dressed for the gala. All of them looked like they belonged in a fight, not a ballroom.They didn’t knock on the front door.They were let in.…✿…✿…By morning, the Hills’ mansion looked the same. Quiet. Perfect. Like nothing had happened.But when I went downstairs for breakfast, the air felt… wrong.Liam was already at the table, coffee in hand, perfectly put together. He looked up as I entered, and that smile, that damn slow, deliberate smile, made my stomach knot.“Good morning, Lena,” he said smoothly. “Sle
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