216. Carlos
I pressed the phone to my ear, pacing the huge living room of my mansion like a caged predator. My blood boiled beneath my skin, my fists clenching so tightly my knuckles cracked.
"I NEED TO BE THERE!" I roared, my voice shaking the walls as my vision blurred with fury. My entire body pulsed with raw, unfiltered rage, my wolf howling inside me, demanding action.
The news from Monica was worse than I could have imagined. I hadn't expected things to unravel in that manner.
Despite everything I had done—every piece I had moved, every threat I had silenced—Javier had still managed to reach Athena. He had almost ended her life.
My stomach twisted at the thought.
How? How had he slipped through?
"No, sir. We can't risk it," my second-in-command said cautiously, his voice care
