Chapter 48

• CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT — CHRISTIAN
• It had been days since Liam and I arrived in Tokyo, and still, the silence in Ryuji’s home was unnerving.
• Not the peaceful kind, no. This one was suffocating—heavy with grief, tension, and unanswered questions. His estate was tucked away from the city, cloaked in tall trees and security that rivaled the damn Pentagon. It was always quiet here, but this time, it felt like even the air was mourning.