ARIEL’S POVMy feet left the ground—no warning, no hesitation.One moment I was standing, breathing, thinking; the next, I was nothing in his grip. His fingers locked around my throat, unyielding—iron. My nails dug into his wrist, scraping and clawing, useless. He didn’t even flinch.A broken gasp tore from my throat, sharp and empty, like my lungs had forgotten how to work. Panic exploded through me, hot and violent. My vision flickered—dark, light, dark again.But him… I could still see him.Lord Drake. Too close.His eyes weren’t wild like Lucian’s when he lost control, or sharp like Adrian’s when he was calculating. They were worse—empty, cold, final, like he had already decided I was dead and was simply waiting for it to showHe didn’t look angry. That was the worst part.He leaned closer instead, slow, calm, deliberate. His breath brushed my cheek, cool and poisonous.“Now…” he murmured, voice soft, almost polite, “…tell me who sent you.”My vision blurred harder. Black crept in
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