I pulled up in front of the Volkan Mansion and froze, recalling the day I entered this golden cage.

I was so stupid.

I thought I could change him. Heck, I thought time would change him.

Neither happened and failed both ways. But above all, I failed myself. I forgot I wasn’t a rehab center and no broken glass can look the same.

I opened the door and brushed past the guards before they could speak. I clutched the gun in my grasp and continued into the mansion, my eyes ...