Axel's POV

The moment I stepped into the hallway, I sensed it. A heaviness clung to the air, thick and suffocating, far heavier than the storm rumbling outside. My chest was burning.

I caught a glimpse of my father’s retreating back, his figure disappearing around the corner, leaving behind a trail of silence that only blood could cause.

The man lying on the floor was still, his life gone, and yet I knew him immediately, he was the one I’d been following, the one who had met with my ...