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Vincenzo's POV

The house was too quiet when I returned.

Not the peaceful kind. Not the comfortable kind. It was the sort of silence that crept under your skin, the kind that made old instincts stir restlessly.

I checked my watch.

Two hours.

That was how long it had taken me to break free, too long by any measure. I’d seen the missed calls from my mother as soon as I’d finished what I’d been doing