40. Asena
I try to wait, I really do.
After the twins leave the room, I sit there in the middle of the massive bed with the sheets pulled tightly around my body, listening to the silence stretching through the mansion while my thoughts slowly begin spiraling again.
At first, I tell myself there is no reason to worry. Alessandro is just angry because anyone would be angry after what happened to his son.
But deep down, something about that man makes my skin crawl. The way he looked at me, the way he smiled and the way the Caspian reacted around him.
None of it feels normal.
Minutes pass… then more… then too many and the longer the silence lasts, the worse the feeling in my chest becomes.
I glance toward the bedroom door and Caspian’s warning echoes immediately inside my head.
“Lock t
