Chapter 51 I Was Never Yours

• The cool night air hit my face as Alessio dragged me outside. The estate behind me loomed like a ghost of the life I was leaving behind. I should have felt relief. Freedom. Something. Instead, my stomach twisted into knots.
• Luca had let me go. I had been prepared for a fight, for resistance, but he had just… given up. It didn’t make sense.
• Alessio’s grip on my arm was firm but not painful. Yet, every fiber of my being screamed at me to pull away. He was the lesser of two evils, but he was still an evil. I had just traded one cage for another.