LILA POV
They say jealousy creeps in like a shadow at dusk-quiet, unnoticed, until it's wrapped around your throat. I never believed it, not really. Not until now.
Not until I saw Rafael, fists clenched, rage burning in his eyes as he watched Mr. Verax flash that playful, reckless grin at me.
And in that moment, all I could see was an ambulance. Siren wailing. People dressed in black, lowering a coffin into the ground.
If Rafael could do it to Cole... he could do it again.
It happened fast-so fast I barely registered his movement... until Rafael was across the boardroom table, his hand gripping Verax by the collar, lifting him halfway off the floor with a force no normal man should've possessed. He's an Alpha, and he's meant to possess such power. However, Mr. Verax and others people
