Elena POV
Thalia’s words hit me like a cold slap, sending a chill down my spine. Ethan? Could he really be Dr. X, the person who’d been tormenting me all this time? The idea was so horrifying, so unbelievable, that I instantly rejected it. But the way Thalia looked at me, so serious and determined, I knew she wasn’t just throwing out wild accusations. She had reasons, reasons I couldn’t just brush off.
“Elena,” Thalia said, her voice soft but firm, “think about it. Ethan knew you were claustrophobic, so he sent Tracy to lock you in that storage room. When Kyle harassed you, Ethan just ‘happened’ to show up in time to save you. How did he know to be there so quickly? And when you were hanging out of the tower, Ethan came and tried to ‘save’ you again. Then, when we started digging into Dr
