Chapter 17: The Second Escape
****Dante’s POV****
The night broke differently in Argentina.
It wasn’t the kind of darkness that whispered—it screamed. It clawed through the vineyards and wrapped around the compound like a living thing, pulsing with the promise of danger.
I couldn’t sleep.
Not after what Nico had shown me.
I stared at the digital files spread across the table in Duque’s war room, trying to make sense of what Project ANIMA really meant.
Isabelle’s name wasn’t just mentioned.
She was central to it.
Candidate One. Primary Subject.
It made my skin crawl.
Victor hadn’t just manipulated her life. He had designed it.
And if she found out now—if she saw how deeply she’d been a part of Victor’s agenda—she would unravel. Or worse… she’d turn back into the girl who thought
