CHAPTER 92LENA POV I woke up the morning after we got back to the island feeling stronger physically. The cuts on my face still ached, but the dizziness had mostly gone. Salvatore wasn't in bed. I assumed he was working in his office, the way he always disappeared when the empire needed him. As I walked through the mansion, something felt different though. The guards stopped talking the moment I passed. Servants lowered their voices. Everyone carried tension that hadn't been there before. I overheard two soldiers near the staircase."They found another warehouse.""No. The Boss already destroyed it."A third voice answered quietly, "I've never seen him like this."A knot tightened in my stomach.I found Charlie in the war room reviewing stacks of documents. Photographs and maps covered the table. Images of destroyed compounds. He closed one folder the second he saw me. "You shouldn't be here."I noticed the movement. "What are you hiding?"Charlie sighed. "I'm trying to protect you
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