Chapter 6

“Elowen, I'm home.”

No one answered.

He entered the foyer and raised his voice.

“Owen? Celeste?”

The house was silent.

Gavin's smile faded.

The furniture remained exactly where it had always been, but something felt wrong. The family photographs had disappeared from the walls. The children's shoes were no longer beside the entrance, and Celeste's pink coat was missing from its hook.

He dropped the roses onto the console table and hurried upstairs.

“Elowen!”

He pushed open the master-bedroom door.

His suits still hung in the closet. His watches remained inside their cases, and the bottle of cedarwood cologne stood…