Silas pulled Selena into his arms, drawing a long, jagged breath. Only now, with her safely within his reach, did the fury that had been simmering in his chest all day begin to vent.
Lucian was incompetent, unable to even control his own pack. And Adrian... everything that had gone wrong since his arrival pointed back to that "brother." Ever since those two had forced their way into Selena’s life, the hard-won peace of Blackthorn Manor had been shattered.
Adrian is a fraud, and Lucian is a liability, Silas thought grimly. Once the royal Bloodline Certification results were finalized and Adrian was purged from the estate, Silas would find a way to excise Lucian from her life as well.
He began to peel the clothes from her body, piece by piece. Under the warm, swirling steam of the bathroo
