CASSANDRA'S POV~
I sat there on the bed, my chest tightening as the emptiness of the room wrapped around me like a noose. My fists balled into the sheets. My thoughts spun.
Adriano was so cruel. So f*****g cruel.
How could he confine me here? How could he take away my phone, isolate me like this? He knew I needed to check on my mother—she needed me. She depended on me. And he... he just didn’t care.
He was turning into something I couldn’t even look at without flinching. A monster I never believed he’d become. And the worst part?
I had let him.
I should’ve listened. I should’ve run long ago.
I sat up slowly, blinking back the sting in my eyes. My mind raced with thoughts of escape, but every path hit a wall. Security was tight. I’d seen the men stationed at every entrance, the ones
