Lahat ng Kabanata ng Saved by Him, Claimed by Him: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 3

Luca Reyes keeps the volume low, like the truth might shatter if he plays it loud.His “studio” is a spare room in a rented townhouse in Ballard, two streets from the water. Foam panels cling to the walls in uneven squares. A couple are peeling at the corners. He put them up fast, hands shaking, the week Mateo went missing. He told himself sound mattered. He told himself he needed a job to do. Anything but sitting in silence with his brother’s hoodie on his lap.The room smells like warm electronics and coffee that’s been reheated too many times. A rain jacket drips from the back of his chair. Tap. Tap. Tap. Outside, Seattle stays gray and damp, like the sky never fully commits to day.On his screen, a waveform stretches across the timeline. His voice, steady. Another voice, distorted. The small dead spaces where he stopped talking because grief got too close to the mic.He drags the playhead back and hits play.“So here’s what we know,” his recorded voice says. “A charter goes down i