ADRIANO'S POV~
I woke up choking on dread.
It sat like a brick in my chest, pressing down so hard I could barely breathe. I didn’t know why, but something felt off. Wrong. My instincts had never failed me before, and I sure as f**k wasn’t about to ignore them now.
Without thinking, I reached for the Glock under my pillow, and slipped it into the waistband of my pants.
I pushed off the bed, bare feet padding silently across the marble floor. The closer I got to her room, the tighter my chest grew. My fingers curled. My jaw clenched. When I reached her door and twisted the handle… it was locked.
My jaw clenched.
I didn’t knock. I didn’t call out her name. I turned to the butler who had the misfortune of crossing my path.
“The key. Now.” I snarled.
He paled, fumbling with the spare l
