Chapter 22 Shadows In Daylight

• The silence in the penthouse was suffocating. Élise’s pulse throbbed in her ears as the stranger stood half-lit in the doorway, his presence as heavy as the blackout had been. His gaze swept over Antoine with an almost mocking calm before settling on her.
• Antoine stepped forward, body taut like a drawn bow.
• “You’ve lingered long enough,” Antoine said, voice sharp as steel. “Say what you came for, then leave.”