Chapter 176

SIENNA

The first weeks blurred into a rhythm I hadn’t expected. Not calm—nothing about my life ever was—but steady in its own rough-edged way. Gideon was relentless. He coddled me in ways that made me want to strangle him and melt into him all at once. Every morning he set vitamins beside my juice before I woke. Every evening he hovered over my plate, making sure I ate enough protein and vegetab