Aria's POV
I had heard it in Damian's voice before he finished the sentence.
Two vehicles were spotted near Gabriel's safehouse again. Just watching.
I was already moving toward the door before the word 'watching' finished landing. My hand hit the door handle and Damian's hand covered mine before I'd turned it.
"Aria."
"They're watching his building." My voice came out flat.
"I know what it is."
"Then you know I have to go—"
"No." He turned me around, hands on my shoulders, until I was facing him instead of the door. His eyes were steady in a way that made me want to scream because he wasn't wrong and I already knew he wasn't wrong and that made it so much worse. "Going tonight is exactly what they want. You show up alone, scared, and you hand them the control the
