Luca's POV

The scream sliced cleanly through the calm in the villa. It was raw, ragged, and unmissable even for the deaf—and it sounded every bit like her—Allison. Goddamn! She was the only female on the island, and the scream sounded every bit feminine, sounded like she was dying, and sounded like a frantic gasp for help.

What could have happened to her?

I knocked myself out of my chair before I even knew I was moving, displacing the dining table and scattering the food on it, the whole ...