The Missing Piece

CASSIA

I could have stayed in that room. I could have locked the door, curled up on the bed, and refused to follow a single word he said. No one was forcing my feet to move. No chains held me there.

And yet… I didn’t stay.

Because deep down, I wanted answers. Answers that had been haunting me long before those men stepped into my shop, long before this mansion swallowed me whole. Answers I had bee