Chapter 29

When we stepped out of the room, the hallway was silent.

Loredan was gone. No footsteps, no lingering scent, nothing but the faint echo of our breaths and the dim glow of wall sconces casting long shadows across the corridor.

We walked in silence, side by side, toward where Dante had parked his car. The night wrapped around us like a thick velvet curtain, soft and calm after the storm of emotions