CHAPTER 054

AUDREY'S POV

For a brief moment, I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, allowing the cool morning breeze to soothe my nerves. The tension in my chest didn’t ease, but at least the suffocating feeling from being inside the house lessened.

I walked in the opposite direction of where Gideon’s driver was waiting. I needed a moment alone, away from his world, away from the suffocating reminders of the pa