Alessia’s mind raced, the words “traitor inside” echoing like a hammer against the fragile walls of her sanity. Her eyes searched Lorenzo’s face, desperate for answers, for any sign of hope, but all she found was cold certainty and the weight of betrayal.
“Who?” Her voice was barely a whisper, but it cut sharper than any blade.
Lorenzo’s gaze darkened, the firelight flickering over the harsh lines of his face. “It’s someone we both trusted… someone who’s been close to us from the beginning.”
The room seemed to shrink around them, suffocating, thick with unspoken truths and broken promises.
Alessia felt the walls closing in. Her heart hammered in her chest — the sound of impending doom.
“Why?” she demanded. “Why betray us? What could they possibly gain from this?”
Lorenzo didn’t answe
