AFTER THE FALL
he murmured, voice like a broken vow, “if anything happens to me…”
“Don’t,” she whispered.
He exhaled—soft and tortured.
“Get in the car.”
But as she stepped toward it, a low, mocking voice echoed across the alley:
“Walking away from her, Lucian?
How predictable.”
Elara froze
.
Lucian spun.
And Damien Hale stepped out of the shadows.
Alone.
Unarmed.
Smiling.
The kind of smile that promised ruin.
“Run, Elara,” Lucian murmured.
But Damien’s eyes locked onto hers cold, victorious, certain.