The night was quiet when Selene slipped out of her apartment, her coat drawn close. She could feel it—eyes on her. Cole’s men. Matteo’s shadows. Viktor’s loyalists. Three powerful forces circling her like wolves.
But none of them saw what she did—Adrian, standing at the crossroads between her revenge and her heart.
Her phone buzzed. An unknown number. She knew it was him even before she answered.
“Selene?” Adrian’s voice was low, threaded with something that almost sounded like need. “Meet me. Now.”
She hesitated, staring at her reflection in the darkened shop window. For a moment, she saw not the avenger but the lost daughter—the girl who once dreamed of family. But the memory burned away quickly.
“Text me the address,” she said coolly.
When she arrived, Adrian was waiting outside h
