I held his wrist gently, as if that was the only thing keeping me from collapsing on the spot.
“You have no idea what will happen after tomorrow. Alpha Silvermoon is not someone who takes rejection lightly,” I said.
“They can wait for a lifetime if they want to,” Gabriel replied, his voice calm but carrying an unspoken threat.
I was about to respond, but there was another soft sound. Not a knock on the door, but the faint scrape of the chair Elena had just left.
“Let’s go to your room. Do not let her see anything else right now,” Gabriel said.
I nodded slowly. We walked toward the stairs, but before we reached them, Gabriel’s breath halted for a second. Not out of hesitation but the instinct of an Alpha realizing something.
“Is something wrong?” I asked.
“She left her bedroom door s
