Chapter 32 Silence Between Knives

LUCA

I didn't bother looking at my father. I was too tired to argue. Too tired for the tense silence pressing down on the room.

Instead, I turned to Alina, still standing in the doorway.

"Come and eat," I said.

She didn't move.

She stared at my father like she was seeing a ghost, her body stiff like she was preparing for another fight.

I sigh