Chapter 130

The silence after Gideon's words stretched endlessly, heavy and suffocating. I stared at his bruised face, my mind struggling to process what he'd just said. It wasn't an accident. Someone had tried to kill him.

"How can you be sure?" I finally asked, my voice trembling despite my best effort to sound calm.

Gideon closed his eyes for a moment, as if forcing himself to relive the night.

"Because th