Renée's POV:
Once we were finally home I felt so much better. Knowing that I was out of that country and back at home, far away from Luca or Elias and back with Ryker I felt so much safer. I wasn't feeling as nervous anymore like I did standing in that villa. Nothing about that place made me feel comfortable and I felt very vulnerable. The memories of being there will probably always haunt me and I will never forget what I saw, heard or smelled but at least now maybe I can heal and move on with my life, what ever life that happens to be.
I can't explain the feeling I have for Ryker anymore. I used to hate him when I first got here, then while we were on our honeymoon I felt something more and it wasn't hate. It wasn't dislike or maybe it was lust, I wasn't sure but
