Chapter 44

MARK

The stillness was the first thing I noticed. The house was now like a morgue.

Not in a bad way though, I was just used to some kind of warmth that came when Giulia arrived and now seemed to have followed her out. She left... just like that?

I underestimated her. I mean, it was clear just how crazy she was. I never thought she'd wake up one morning, drug my men and disappear. It was so cold. The building, the kitchen, the stairs... Everywhere was just... cold.

It wasn't the heater, I was sure of that. This was a different kind of cold. It burned deep into my flesh, ate my heart like a carnivorous beast and left me gnawing at the chains of distress around my neck. There was very little to do.