CHAPTER 0257

AUDREY'S POV

My memory slipped back years ago, uninvited, dragging me into a past I had tried to bury but could never fully escape. I saw it vividly — the night at Declan’s house. My mom, Declan, and I had been tied to wooden chairs, ropes biting into our wrists so tightly that I could feel the circulation in my hands cutting off.

That night, I had been certain it was the end. I could still rememb