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Erin’s POVThe morning sunlight came too early. It spread across the curtains and reached my face before I was ready to wake up. I turned on my side, groaning softly, but I couldn’t fall back asleep. My body was tired, but my mind wouldn’t rest.The house was quiet again. Not peaceful, just quiet in that way that makes you feel like everyone is holding their breath.I sat up slowly. The clock beside the bed showed seven thirty. For a moment, I just sat there, listening. Nothing. Not even the usual chatter of the maids or the faint sound of Luca’s laughter.Something felt off.I stood and walked to the window. The garden below looked calm, sunlight glinting off the wet grass, but two guards were already moving along the path. Their steps were slow, their eyes scanning the edges of the fence.Even from here, I could tell they were tense.I sighed and rubbed my face. The events of the past few days were starting to weigh on me. I didn’t know what to make of anything anymore.The night be

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Michele’s POVThe night air was sharp when I stepped outside. The temperature had dropped fast, the kind of cold that bit through clothes and made every sound travel farther. The gravel crunched under my boots as I crossed the yard, Enzo following two steps behind.“Where?” I asked.“East fence,” one of the guards said. “He was seen near the trees. Didn’t respond when we called out.”I didn’t slow down. My mind was already piecing things together. The same man from this morning. The one who avoided Erin’s eyes. I should have trusted my instinct earlier.The moonlight stretched across the wet grass, silver and pale. The lamps along the fence flickered faintly, and for a second, I saw movement — a shadow near the edge of the trees.“There,” Enzo said quietly.The guard stood half hidden behind a low wall, a radio clutched in his hand. His face was pale, his eyes darting toward us as if looking for an escape.“Don’t move,” I said.He froze. The radio slipped from his fingers and hit the

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