LILA POV
Crashing on the bed after promising to take care of Rafael wasn't part of the plan.
How it happened? I don't even know.
Well, you can't blame me. It's f*****g crazy how things just... change. In the blink of an eye.
To everyone, Rafael is a cold, ruthless being. And to me? He's more than just cold and ruthless.
He's dangerous. A risky game. A bold warning label on a bottle of regret, blunt, obvious, and still somehow tempting to the reckless.
Who would've thought that someone so boldly Alpha, so dominant, would carry a fear like that?
Not just a fear of the dark. A memory. A wound he keeps stitched up with pride and silence.
Then I heard it. A muffled sound. Then a piercing scream. A growl, thick, rough, commanding.
I jolted upright in bed. I was in my room. Rafael wasn'
