The silence in Alec Blackwood’s cabin was loud.
Too loud.
The lawyers had left. The door was shut. Melissa had gone quiet in her seat, sensing the shift in the air. Alec wasn’t sitting anymore. He was pacing, back and forth, like a storm confined in human form. The quiet rhythm of his footsteps against the Italian marble echoed like distant war drums.
Each step was a reminder of his rage.
Of his unfinished business.
Of Justin Bieber.
His fingers curled into fists by his sides, and his jaw clenched so tightly that a nerve twitched in his cheek. The polished steel of the city skyline reflected in the tall windows behind him—but Alec’s vision was clouded by something else entirely.
Blood. Betrayal. Revenge.
Years ago, Alec had already begun Justin’s destruction. Piece by piece, he’d b
