d two things

t because he was loud or cruel,

hat he expected from her.

warmth. Elena stood in the center, shoulders squared, heart pounding harder than she

felt like

, she thought. Trying

efore it could suffocate her. "I didn't see faces. I d

" Alessandro

th a pulse

d. Focused. Like she was a puzzle place

reeze," he sai

rning when to disappear," she shot

Respect, maybe. Alessandro took a step closer-not invading

al," he said. "That ma

voice steady. "Th

fully, as if honesty w

t," he said. "And because killing you wo

tened. So death

ternative?"

e. Del

where I ca

p, disbelieving. "You m

ro didn'

on't be owned, watched, or

" he warn

ted, meeting hi

u think I'll quietly disappear

in-but this time

wly, a sound no one el

know who I

plied. "You're used to pe

moment, he

e smiled. Not kind.

dro said. "Then we d

d. "Differ

ss wall, signaling the e

said. "You'll have freedom-with reas

f I sa

er, expression unre

at part of her

awaiting car, her thoughts raced. She wasn't a pr

She hadn't felt powerless in

ndro watched her leave.

ouble," L

followed Elena unt

tly. "That's what m

in years, the game ah

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r. She knew her life had changed from this point on, she wouldn't really be free . She thought of ru

the men she knew we

he would let her go, but sh

buzzed. A message she didn

on my watch , don't

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