CHAPTER 6
LENA POV
The island looked beautiful from far away. That was the cruel part.
White waves crashed against dark rocks beneath the fortress while cold wind pushed rain clouds across the sky. From the bedroom window, the ocean almost looked peaceful.
But nothing about this place was peaceful. Men with rifles patrolled below like machines. Cameras followed every hallway. Locked gates surrounded the property like invisible chains.
Even the silence here felt dangerous.
I stood beside the window with my arms folded while Matteo sat cross-legged on the carpet behind me, sketching absentmindedly inside a notebook one of the maids had left earlier.
Neither of us had spoken much since arriving. Sleep barely came anymore. Every time I closed my eyes, I still saw blood spreading across
