Aliana’s POV

The days following breakfast with everyone went by in a haze, yet something seemed amiss.

Initially, I believed it was merely my own paranoia, but later I began to observe certain happenings.

Freddy had always been enigmatic—it was part of his nature—but now, things were different.

Phone calls in hushed voices. Late-night disappearances.

Conversations that would stop the moment I walked into a room.

He was hiding something and I hated it.

I sat at ...