Chapter 26

ELENA

My bedroom door opened, taking me off guard at the force that the door made as it hit the wall.

My eyes widened and I stood, taken by surprise when I saw Konstantin standing in front of me.

His eyes were wide with rage and I took a step back, fearing his reaction and what he was going to do. I looked at the door for a second too long, a part of me hoping that Vladimir would suddenly show up, make a racket, or a sudden emergency was to happen. But I knew, judging by the man’s expression, that I was stuck.

“Your family,” he said, throwing a picture in front of me. “Their latest picture, living their lives, as they forgot about you.”

I frowned in confusion as the picture landed on the floor. I kneeled down, careful as I lifted the picture in my hand. I looked at it, and my heart ached at the sight of my little sister who would now be seventeen. She wouldn’t have understood what happened or why her eldest sister was no longer in the house, but I was t