A wolf at the gate
Troy’s POV
My blood boiled, a fire raging in my veins that no amount of reason could douse. Damaris had gone too far, and if I didn't show him who was boss, he'd take me for a fool. Milo’s death was Damaris’s doing, he had somehow known and killed Milo to mock me. He’d learned Milo would testify, probably from the fool himself, would expose the doctored footage that framed Daphne, and silenced him before the truth could breathe. I’d called in every favor to postpone the trial. The judge was a close friend to an old ally who owed me a huge favour.
But it was a bandage on a wound that kept bleeding. I had to find a solution. Daphne would never see a prison cell, not while I had breath in my lungs. I would burn this city to ash to keep her safe.
Ambrose sat beside me i
