Chapter 249

SIENNA

The words landed gently.

Almost tenderly.

“Arthur, Celine Jr., and Mom are somewhere safe. They’re fine. They had to leave for the whole thing to work.”

For a second, my brain refused to translate them into meaning. They hovered between us, suspended, as if waiting for permission to become real.

“Safe?” I echoed, stupidly.

Gideon nodded once. Slow and certain.

“So you knew,” I said.