Chapter 65
Evelyne’s POV
The car ride was long and silent, the hum of the engine filling the spaces where words should have been. Outside, the world blurred into muted greens and grays, fields stretching endlessly beneath a sky heavy with the remnants of the storm.
Adrian’s hands were steady on the wheel, but his jaw was locked, and his eyes—those cold, piercing eyes that had once frightened me—were distant now. Focused on something far beyond the road.
We hadn’t spoken much since dawn. There was nothing left to say. The truth we’d uncovered had changed everything, and now there was only one destination left—the Carter estate.
The place where it all began.
“I can’t believe we’re going back there,” I murmured, my voice soft against the hum of the rain.
Adrian didn’t look at me. “Nei
