~Leo’s~

"They said they’ll ruin me, Leo. I’m scared. I’m so scared."

Her voice trembles as soon as she opens the door.

Adele’s eyes are glossy, her hair slightly messy like she’s been pulling at it, and she’s barefoot, wrapped in a silk robe that hangs too perfectly to be accidental. Leo steps in slowly. His heart is heavy from all the thinking he's been doing and his head won't stop pounding. The villa is scented with peaches and something too sweet—familiar and sickening.

“Who said what?” he asks, though his tone is already too soft.

She doesn’t answer right away. Just throws her arms around his neck and holds...