Theirs To Possess And Ruin
The door creaked open and I turned just in time to see Ria leaning against the frame, grinning like she’d just found a knife in someone else’s back pocket.
That kind of grin, the dangerous, bored, let’s-go-break-something kind.
“Get dressed,” she announced cheerfully. “Bro’s training the warriors today. Hand-to-hand. Punches. Broken bones. Very educational. Wanna go?”
I turned my face back to the window immediately.
The training grounds meant him.
Atlas Blackwood.
That calm, unnerving presence that didn’t posture or threaten or leer, just watched, like he already knew how you’d die and was deciding if it was worth the effort.