Adrian’s POV
His expression darkened.
I stared at him, the hair sample already hidden against his chest. “Be ready for what, Thomas? Spit it out.”
He exhaled through his nose, the way he does when he’s picking his words like they’re knives.
“Be ready for the possibility that Levi already knows something we don’t. Something that makes him this bold. He’s not acting like a man with a forged decree. He’s acting like a man who’s already holding the winning hand.”
My fists clenched so hard my knuckles cracked. The sound bounced off the stone walls like gunshots.
“I don’t give a single f**k what he thinks he knows,” I growled. “Whatever the situation, whatever ancient law they dig up next, I’m not marking another woman. Not Caroline, not some vampire princess I’ve never even met. The onl
