Selene's POV
I had no answer for that, so I sat with it instead, turning it over in the early morning quiet, feeling the warmth of Victor's hand still resting near my side. The curtains were barely open, just a thin line of pale light pressing through the gap. The room was still. The whole world felt still.
“What if he does.”
I let those four words do what they wanted to do, let them push back against every dark version of tonight I had been rehearsing in my head. Let them be loud enough, just for a moment, to drown out the fear.
It helped. Not completely. But enough to close my eyes again.
When I opened them, the light through the curtains had changed. It was fuller now. Morning had arrived properly, and Victor was already stirring behind me.
He didn't reach for his phone. He didn'
