Chapter 54: Family Comes First
Reese
The silence that settled in the room after the call ended was not silence in any sense that could be mistaken for peace or calm.
It was dense, charged, almost sentient in the way it pressed in from all sides, amplifying every unspoken thought until it felt like they were ricocheting off the walls and colliding in the space between us.
It carried weight, the kind that made breathing feel just a little more difficult, the kind that turned stillness into something oppressive rather than comforting.
Roman was the first to break it.
“Reese,” he began, and there was something in the way he said my name that carried both warning and resignation, “I hope for your sake that nothing goes wrong.” His gaze locked onto mine, steady in a way that made it i
