ELISA'S POV
The guards moved fast at Alec’s sharp command. They grabbed Azrien roughly by the arms, the iron cuffs clinking as they detached him from the chains linking us together and dragged him toward the door. For a second, his eyes met mine, and they remained calm. He held my gaze for a moment, almost like he was trying to tell me something without words.
Then the door slammed shut behind him. The echo of it seemed to ring in the silence, leaving me alone in Alec’s office.
The room suddenly felt colder and darker, as if all the air had been sucked out. Alec’s hard, sharp gaze locked on me like a blade pressed to my skin. My chest tightened painfully, and I swallowed.
He took a slow step closer, his jaw clenched. “You’re going to tell me what you know,” he growled, his voice low an
