Chapter 65 A Way Out

• Alessia
• My wrists ached from the rough rope binding them, and my head throbbed from the slap Elena had delivered earlier. My heart was pounding in my chest, not just with fear but with a desperate need to survive. I couldn’t give up—not like this.
• Elena’s voice echoed in my mind, dripping with venom as she had threatened me to call off the wedding. I had nodded, pretended to be terrified enough to comply. But deep down, I was plotting. I needed to outwit her, to buy myself time and find a way out of this nightmare.