The night had barely begun, but I could feel the tension cutting through me like a knife. I should have known Cade wouldn’t just let things slide. He had a way of testing limits, of twisting loyalty into fear, and right now, he had Elena in the middle of it.
My phone buzzed in my pocket. A number I didn’t recognize flashed on the screen.
I snatched it up. “What?” I barked.
Movement in the background. Then a sharp crack—a smack—and a choked gasp that froze my blood.
“You hear that, brother?” Cade’s voice slithered through the line. “That’s the sound of your little w***e breaking. She’s mine now. And if you want her breathing, you better come see me.”
“Don’t you f*****g touch her—” I roared, my voice ripping out of me before I could stop it.
“Or what?” His laugh was sharp, cruel. “You
