The ride home was silent.Not the comfortable silence that often settled between Elena and Adrian during late-night drives, but a thick, pulsing quiet filled with fear, fury, and unspoken questions.Adrian didn’t look away from the road. His jaw was clenched, the muscles in his forearms tight as he gripped the steering wheel. His eyes—cold, sharp, burning—never blinked. Elena had seen Adrian angry before. She had seen him furious, protective, violent for her sake.But this…This was different.This was a man simmering at the edge of destruction.The streetlights passed across his face in slow stripes, and each one made his expression look more carved from stone.Elena’s fingers curled anxiously. She wanted to speak—ask what they were going to do, reassure him, or simply tell him she was okay—but the moment she parted her lips, Adrian spoke.“Don’t,” he murmured, voice low, controlled, but trembling with rage. “Not yet. Let me get us home first.”She nodded silently.He wasn’t shutting
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