Chapter 167

He stood by his word and drove me home immediately after a tumultuous breakfast that ended with me walking away into the outside air and humming. It distracted me from the thought of striding back into the house and dropping a brick on him.

The ride back to Alessia's was marked by silence, tension heightening as the seconds stretched into hours. This time, he drove with me beside him, wondering the issue with the dark shades.

But I kept my questions to myself, holding onto my purse as if for my dear life, and returned my gaze to the window.

I wanted to ask him about Rune, for I had a sinking feeling nothing was alright with him and wouldn't be if Domenico discovered I was alive. But then I killed the thought; Adler wouldn't leave Italy without putting Rune under some protection.

We reached my newly found home at noon to find Alessia waiting on the porch, fidgeting with her phone, and when Adler dropped and went round to my door, I saw her face contort into a frown.

Adler opened the do