Chapter 81

SIENNA

I woke up to silence.

Not the kind that wraps you in calm but the kind that hums with questions, heavy and uncertain. The kind that makes your heart beat just a little too loud in your own chest.

Soft light poured through the sheer curtains, tracing faint golden lines across the sheets. Gideon's sheets. His room.

But not him.

I sat up slowly, every muscle aware of the chill that rushed in t