ZANE
I didn’t know what came over Tessa. I didn’t know what came over me.
Tessa. Dalia. The two women who could have and should have respected the lines that I had drawn. Dalia was off limits to Tessa as Tessa was off limits to Dalia. I thought it was simple. I thought I had made that clear.
But nothing about them had been simple from the beginning.
My hands were shaking as I tried to keep pressure on the wound on Dalia’s head. Blood was seeping between my fingers, warm and slick, making my stomach turn. Her skin was pale, too pale because she was losing a lot of blood. I could see her dark lashes against her cheek and her eyes were closed like she was just resting, but I knew better.
“Rafael!” I yelled at the top of my voice.
He came running, his eyes wide as he took in the sig
