Chapter 24 Gunshots

• Chapter 24: A Dangerous Game
• The hours after Vicktor left Amanda alone in the study dragged on like an eternity. The mansion, usually a fortress of security, now felt like a prison closing in on her. Every shadow seemed to move, every creak of the floorboards a harbinger of the danger looming just out of sight. The air was thick with tension, the kind that made her skin crawl and her heart pound in her chest.
• Amanda knew she had to do something. She couldn’t just wait here like a helpless pawn, not knowing what Vicktor had planned or how he intended to use her as collateral. The very thought sent a shiver down her spine. She couldn’t trust anyone—maybe not even herself, given the revelations about her father.