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Carlota’s POVThe door clicked open, and my heart stopped. I knew who it was before I even turned my head. Gabriel stepped in, slow, deliberate. His face was serious, more serious than I had ever seen it. His dark eyes locked on me immediately.He still had his arm in a sling, the evidence of the race and the attack still fresh. I don't know what he's going to think seeing us together like this. I wanted to explain things to him but it felt like I was wrong. “Carlota,” he said quietly, but his voice carried across the room. “Why?”I froze. Why? He didn’t even have to finish the sentence. I knew what he meant. I turned to Paxton instinctively, looking for an escape.“He told you?” I whispered, almost to myself.Paxton’s lips pressed into a thin line. “I did. I didn’t see a reason to hide it.”I lowered my head, letting the weight of the situation press down on me. There was no way out now. I felt like I was shrinking into myself. It felt awkward and uncomfortable for me. How do I even

Gabriel’s POVI slammed the door behind me the moment I stepped into my room. The sound echoed through, sharp and loud, like it was trying to break something inside my head. I didn’t care. I wanted the world to feel what I was feeling.Carlota’s voice replayed in my mind. He came to her house and threatened her. Dante, the name burned. He's the same bastard who fought me. Now I realize where the words leaving his wife came from. She doesn't belong to him, she never did. I can't bring myself to think of what happened to her all these years and how much she just had to endure. How could she have been married someone like that and now she's scared to her wits. I dragged my hand through my hair and paced the room once, then twice. My chest felt tight, like something was pressing down on it. I felt a lot of rage deep inside me. But besides it, buried deeper than I wanted to admit, was something else.It was fear. I felt so much for her. I stopped in front of the mirror and pulled my shi

Gabriel’s POVI walked like I was going to kill someone as I headed towards my father's office. I didn't even knock. I shoved the door open and stormed into his office like I owned the place, because right now, I didn’t care who stood in my way. The door slammed hard against the wall behind me, the sound echoing through the room.My father looked up from his desk slowly, calm as always.“I need you to tell me everything you know about that Dante,” I said, my voice low and sharp. “Now.”He leaned back in his chair, folding his hands together like this was some polite meeting. “This is not something you involve yourself in, Gabriel.”My jaw tightened. “Say that again.”He sighed, like I was the one being difficult. “This is pack business.”The words hit something ugly inside me.I stepped forward, my hands shaking, not with fear, but with rage. “Don’t you dare say that to me,” I growled. “You get involved with someone like that and it's pack business? What am I then? It's my business t

Paxton’s POVI stood at the edge of the forest, staring at the empty shadows where Dante’s pack had vanished. The air still smelled like blood, it was definitely something that could be smelled from far away. It clung to my skin, stuck to my hands, and I couldn’t shake it. My chest thumped, heavy and uneven, and I felt my wolf restless, angry, and close to breaking out. I hadn’t shifted, not fully, but I felt him in me, telling me to give him a chance to come out.I cursed under my breath. I hated the weakness I felt, the part of me that wanted to protect Carlota. The part that should have been focused on Gabriel, on revenge, on the game we were playing. But no. My mind kept coming back to her. Her safety, her life, her business. I hated that I couldn't stop caring even if I wanted to look away because of how she might react. But could I possibly do anyway? I couldn't stop myself from thinking about her. A rustle of tires on the leaves made me turn. My mechanic appeared, pale and

Paxton’s POVI looked at Gabriel with so much hatred in my eyes. I didn't think that we would be having this kind of conversation soon but here we are again. How could he let her be put into danger? He already knew about something ridiculous like this and instead of trying to make sure she doesn't go there, he wanted to take her there just to complete the schemes. “I wonder what they promised you to completely lose your mind like this. You always fight me for her and yet you're trying to push her into danger.” I fired at him angrily. He moved closer to me head to head, “You know nothing about me so stop acting like you do. I'm doing everything to protect her because of how I feel.”“Your own way of protection is pushing her into danger?” I scoffed, “as always here as narcissistic and stupid thinking that you can protect everyone with your useless behavior.”I didn't want to argue with him anymore because I was already losing my patience. We already argued a front of Carlota and she