Aria's POV
He stood over me without saying a word.
But his Alpha presence pressed down on me like a boulder—crushing, suffocating, drowning me.
My head spun, heavy and foggy. I dug my nails into my palm, letting the pain cut through the haze and forcing myself to stay conscious.
"How's Claudia?" I asked.
"She lost the baby." His voice was ice. "Thanks to you."
My whole body went cold.
Not because of Claudia's baby.
But for me. For the hell that was about to swallow me whole.
"I—" I tried to speak—
His hand shot out and grabbed my jaw, yanking my face up. A low grinding sound—bone against bone. The pain snapped everything into sharp focus.
"Happy now?" His voice was ice cold and dripping with sarcasm. "After everything you did, you finally got rid of the one thing threatening you
