His Dark Love

Previously

…He gave a short, humorless laugh. “Do you? Because I’m not sure I do anymore.” He stood, his gaze distant, fixed on some unseen point beyond the hospital room walls. “I need to go. Adriano will be here soon. You can stay with my mother if you like.” He didn’t wait for my answer. He walked out, leaving me alone with his frail mother and the chilling echo of his father’s ultimatum. The sterile hospital room suddenly felt like a gilded cage, and I was trapped inside with a man who was being forced to choose between his family’s dark legacy and the fragile hope of a different future. The game had just become terrifyingly real.