Chapter 194: Where Is Your Brother?

Savannah My stomach twisted so tightly I could barely breathe through it as we drove toward the address Cole had sent. Every street we passed, every red light we stopped at, every bump in the road made the dread in my chest thicken. I kept telling myself to calm down, but calm felt like some mythical creature I couldn’t touch anymore. Roman had bought a house by the beach in Capri. A gorgeous, huge thing—sun-washed walls, sleek lines, enough space for a big family vacation one day. I should’ve been excited. I should’ve at least been able to appreciate the effort, the intention, the sweetness behind it. But dread wrapped around my ribs and squeezed too hard for me to enjoy anything. The only moment I’d felt truly at peace was yesterday, while we were still in the air. Up there, with Roman beside me, it felt like it was just us suspended above the whole world. No worries. No threats. No Zane-shaped holes in the horizon. He’d made love to me until my body was boneless, until sleep pulled