OWNED BY THE DEVIL
The drive felt endless.
Dominic didn’t speak. His hand rested lightly on mine for a moment before moving to the gear shift, fingers tense, thumb brushing his own jaw unconsciously. I kept my gaze on the city, though I felt it shrinking behind us, swallowed by the early fog rolling in from the outskirts. Every shadow, every curve of the road, reminded me that Marcus Vale’s defeat had not ended the world’s hunger for power.
“We need a perimeter,” Dominic said finally, breaking the silence. His voice was steady, precise, but there was a weight beneath it I hadn’t heard before, a protective edge sharpened by instinct.