Leona's POV
The moment the words left my mouth, I felt it clearly—
He smiled.
Not with his lips,
but with that cruel, dangerous expression that existed only in a wolf's eyes.
The air in the study froze solid.
The silence became suffocating.
Kane's gaze wrapped around me like chains. The feeling of being stripped bare, weighed and judged, made my skin crawl. He said nothing, only advanced toward me, one deliberate step at a time.
The sound of his boots against the floor was slow and heavy.
One step.
Then another.
Each one crushed against my nerves.
I instinctively stepped back, only to hit the edge of the desk. There was nowhere left to retreat.
"Conditions."
He stopped in front of me, leaned down, and looked me straight in the eye. His voice was low, close enough to graze my
