187. LAURA
I somehow knew that this day would come. I just didn't expect it to come when I was hardly prepared to face it.
"WHO IS THE FATHER OF THIS BASTARD?" Javier's roar rattled the dungeon walls, his fury crackling like a wildfire.
His chest heaved violently, the veins on his neck bulging as his crimson eyes burned with rage. The air in the damp, mold-infested cell thickened with his wrath, suffocating me.
I had known Javier for years, played him like a fiddle, manipulated his every move—but never had I seen him like this towards me. Not even once. He was always an i***t, a fool easy to control, but now… now, he was a beast, seething, trembling, unpredictable. And for the first time, I felt a sliver of fear curl in my gut. For the first time, I saw the alpha in him.
The moment
