Chapter 25

Adrian drove Evelyn home. They remained silent the entire way. Evelyn gazed out at the night as buried memories kept surfacing, all her thoughts tangled like a knot she couldn't unravel. Suddenly, a gentle hand covered hers. Evelyn snapped back to reality with a start. "Don't overthink it. I'll have people protecting you these next few days. Howard won't dare do anything to you." Evelyn nodded. "There's no going back to how things were between us. I just never expected he'd become like this." After arriving home, Evelyn was about to rest when everything suddenly went dark. The power had gone out. Hidden in the darkness, Evelyn felt an inexplicable sense of panic rising within her. Just as she was about to call Adrian, a pair of hands gripped her waist. "Eve, I've got you!" Before Evelyn could react, Howard pressed a cloth soaked in something over her mouth. Then everything went black. … When she opened her eyes again, Evelyn found herself back in a familiar room. She was in the