Sebastian’s POV
From what was gathered now, it could be confirmed that the kidnapping happened because someone was angry at how everything turned out from five years ago or even worse.
Lila
The annoying lady that claimed she was Alina’s family when we met the other day?
The drive home felt longer than usual. My hands gripped the steering wheel tighter than necessary, knuckles white against the leather.
Everything I thought I knew about that night five years ago had been a lie. A carefully constructed deception, and Alina had been caught right in the center of it.
I found her in the living room, curled up on the couch with a book she wasn’t really reading. I could tell by the way her eyes weren’t moving across the page.
“Alina.” My voice came out rougher than I intended.
She looke
