Chapter 161

SIENNA

I woke to silence.

Not the cold, suffocating kind that had wrapped itself around me in that apartment. Not the silence of horror, of blood-soaked walls and words carved in cruelty. This one was softer. Heavy, yes but steady.

The kind of silence that belonged to Gideon.

My lashes fluttered open, the light dim, the room familiar, the study. My body felt like lead, but I wasn’t alone. The