Chapter 1: The Locked Door
Chapter 1: The Locked Door
No one in the mansion dared to move.
Vivian Moretti slowly placed her wine glass on the table and forced a smile.
"Alejandro, you're misunderstanding everything."
Alejandro ignored her.
His eyes never left Elena.
She looked thinner than he remembered. Pale. Exhausted. Terrified.
He carefully stepped toward her.
"It's me," he whispered. "You're safe now."
Elena tried to speak, but no words came out.
Instead, tears streamed down her face.
Alejandro wrapped his jacket around her shoulders.
Then he noticed something else.
A thin silver bracelet circled Elena's wrist.
Attached to it was a tiny electronic tracking device.
His expression hardened.
"Lock every exit," he ordered the security team.
"No one leaves this mansion."
Vivian laughed.
"You have no proof of anything."
Alejandro looked at the head of security.
"Call the police."
The smile disappeared from Vivian's face for the second time that night.
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For the first time in three years...
She realized she was losing control.
