Emma POV

The room felt too quiet after Ethan disappeared downstairs. Too quiet after all the chaos that nearly took me away. My fingers trembled as I pulled the blankets tight around me. My body still reacted to the poison— small shivers, heart beating wrong, throat tight— but none of it scared me as much as what waited outside this room.

Lucas.

The ledger.

This marriage.

And Ethan…

Whatever he was becoming to me.

I stared at the closed door, waiting for ...