The Devil In White
Just a few words, but enough to chill me.
If he finds out, we both die.
My jaw tightens. I don’t react. I don’t even look back at her.
I close the door behind me and walk down the hall, slower this time, thinking, calculating, connecting threads that are beginning to form a pattern.
She’s hiding something. Marco’s hiding something. And my father, even in death, is still manipulating us all.
The dawn creeps in slowly, pale light cutting through the villa’s heavy curtains.
I haven’t slept. The house is silent, but inside me, the noise hasn’t stopped.