Chapter 98

SIENNA

I paused in the hallway, hand on the knob, breath caught somewhere between my lungs and ribs.

The silence on the other side wasn’t peaceful, it was too still, too sharp.

Less like calm… more like a warning.

I pushed the door open slowly.

The penthouse looked the same.

But it didn’t feel the same.

The lights were low. A single lamp flickered near the bar, casting jagged shadows across