*Caterina*
“I’ll be there soon,” Elio said hurriedly, ending the call with Leo.
An uncomfortable silence fell between us as we both stared at his phone, unsure of what to make of this.
“Alexi is dead,” I repeated blankly.
Maybe I was getting indifferent to death, or maybe I was just heartless, but I didn’t really feel anything at the moment. Normally, a person would be sad if someone they had known died but….
Alexi had helped us, and then betrayed us.
He’d been playing a dangerous game for longer than we’d known him. Maybe this was his retribution.
Elio glanced at me with a serious look. “I have to go take care of this, but you don’t have to come. From what it sounded like, it’ll be pretty… gruesome. I don’t want you seeing that, so you can stay here and I’ll let you know—”
“Yeah, right,” I huffed, already having rolled off the bed and onto my feet.
