Chapter 24

Roman's car pulled into the driveway, the engine's purr fading into silence as he stepped out. His footsteps echoed through the vast, quiet mansion. The stillness felt deafening, a stark contrast to the vibrant and joyful noise of the field full of children he had spent the day with. It was the kind of silence that, for the first time ever, seemed unsettling to him. The absence of the kids' laught