*CHLOE.*
The words hung heavy in the air, each one a jagged shard of reality slicing through my calm facade. My breath was coming in shallow, rapid bursts, and I struggled to process the weight of Adrian’s revelation.
“Tyler?” I managed to choke out, my voice trembling.
Adrian’s face was a mask of grim satisfaction. “Yes, Tyler. And it seems he’s not just causing chaos for us. It’s almost as if he’s been orchestrating this madness from behind the scenes.”
My head spun as if the room was tilting. I saw the traces of the life I had tried so hard to leave behind, a life filled with violence and betrayal. Tyler had always been dangerous, but this… this was beyond anything I had anticipated. My mind raced, trying to piece together the fragments of what I knew about Tyler with the horrifying
