*Caterina*

‘I did say I wanted to be involved,’ I told myself.

This was a part of that, and just being out here meant that Elio trusted me, and he truly wanted to respect my wishes. That was what I wanted. But the eerie-looking warehouse gave me a chill up my spine, and it took everything in me not to throw the car in reverse and get the hell out of there.

But Elio was there, so I knew I was safe. There was no way that man would let me anywhere near a place ...