Leo's POV
Adrian thought he could steal her away.
Thought he could turn her against me.
And maybe,just maybe,he was right to think that.
Lyra had never fully understood the depth of my world, the weight of what it took to stay at the top. She’d only seen the parts of me I wanted her to see. The charming, indulgent lover. The man who brought her silk dresses and whispered promises against her skin. Not the man who carved out his enemies' last breaths with a knife and buried their bodies under foundations of buildings with my name stamped on them.
But Adrian had seen that man. He knew exactly what I was capable of.
And still, he was arrogant enough to think he could take her from me.
I let out a slow breath, rolling my shoulders back as I approached the sitting room. I wasn’t going t
