Chapter 222

SIENNA

The moment Tristan finished speaking, silence fell over the driveway like a dropped curtain. Cold. Heavy. Breathless.

A warning.

A location.

A time.

Someone was moving pieces on a board we didn’t even understand.

I forced my throat to work. “There’s… something else.”

Gideon’s arms tightened around me instinctively, as if bracing for another blow. His heartbeat thudded against