After that fateful day at Adrian's mansion... the day Adrian had pointed a gun directly at Lucas without hesitation... things had never truly returned to normal. The air between them felt permanently altered, like a fine crack running through years of forged loyalty and brotherhood. What had once been an unbreakable bond now hung by a fragile, trembling thread.
And it wasn't just between the two men.
Whatever complicated, undefined thing had been growing between Anna and Lucas seemed to have slammed into an invisible wall.
For the past few days, Anna had been trying desperately to reach him. She had called multiple times. She had texted. She had even left several vulnerable voice messages, her voice shifting from concern to irritation to quiet hurt. Lucas hadn't returned a single one.
