Chapter 10

Day seventeen in the tower. Darius watches Elena through the telescope as she waters the garden. Yellow sundress, hair loose. Beautiful. The flower delivery truck arrives—his daily bouquet of white roses. Elena doesn't open the card anymore. Just hands them to the groundskeeper, who adds them to the compost heap. His phone buzzes—unknown number. "Blackwood." "This is Attorney Sarah Chen from Northern Territory Family Law. Elena Voss has filed a restraining order petition. There will...