Chapter 2 - The Maid's Terror
Standing by the threshold of the study was Elena Castillo. Twenty-eight years old, with her dark hair pulled back neatly, she wore a black-and-white maid uniform complete with a crisp white apron and headband. She had worked at the Moretti estate for less than four months, keeping her head down to protect the only person who mattered in her life.
Suddenly, a tiny figure slipped past the line of towering, armed guards standing in the doorway.
Elena’s heart leaped into her throat as her eyes widened in unadulterated terror.
Five-year-old Sophia Castillo, wearing a pink floral puff-sleeve dress adorned with pink bows and clutching a worn brown teddy bear, walked right past Dante's polished boots.
"Sophia, no! Come back!" Elena gasped in a terrified, strangled scream, throwing her hands over her mouth as cold sweat broke out across her forehead.
She lunged forward to grab her daughter, but Dante grabbed Elena's arm, shoving her back into the hallway. "Stay back! If you run in there, you'll trigger the beast!"
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Elena squeezed her eyes shut, sobbing helplessly as she watched her five-year-old walk straight toward the monster.
👉 Why did the lethal beast refrain from pouncing on the helpless child?
