ALEXANDER
Diana was still standing there.
“Get out, Diana. Now, or you’ll see the other side of me.”
“Alexander—”
“Get out,” I snarled, the words tearing out of me as something surged up from my chest. Heat flooded my vision, sharp and blinding, and for a heartbeat the world burned gold… I was losing control. I forced it down, my jaw locking as I fought the shift with everything I had.
Diana went pale. She started trembling outright, her knees buckling as the weight of my anger crashed over her. She stumbled backward, nearly falling as she turned and fled for the door, not daring to look back.
I was still breathing hard, my pulse pounding in my ears, when Cole stepped into the office, looking at me. “What’s going on?” he asked.
I froze. I didn’t know he was around too. What exactly
