Chapter 81 Captured

• Xavier
• I've lost count of the days, the weeks, the months. Time blurred together in this opulent prison. Phoebe's obsession with me had grown more suffocating with each passing day. She saved my life with the surgery, but at what cost? I'm bound by chains and shackles, a gag stuffed into my mouth.
• As I scanned the room, my gaze fell on the door. It swung open, and my heart skipped a beat. Phoebe's back. I wonder how much longer I'll be trapped here, away from Alice. A surge of desperation courses through me. I need to escape, to break free from Phoebe's grasp and return to my wife. But for now, I'm at Phoebe's mercy.