Chapter 12: The Midnight Visitor
Ella POV
The sound of my window sliding open made me bolt upright in bed, heart hammering.
A shadow moved in the darkness. Large, familiar, dangerous.
"Don't scream." Nathaniel's voice was low and urgent. "Please, Ella. Just give me five minutes."
I should have screamed. Should have alerted Kane's guards. Instead, I pulled the blanket tighter around myself and reached for the lamp.
"How did you get in here?"
"Climbed." He stepped into the light, and I saw blood on his shirt, scratches across his face. "Kane's patrols are thorough, but they can't see every window on the fourth floor."
He looked terrible. Desperate. Nothing like the composed Alpha who'd rejected me in front of his entire pack.
"You need to leave before they find you." I kept my voice
