Mariana’s Pov

“I will fight in her place. . .”

The world around me goes completely silent the moment Alejandro blurts those words. 

When I planned to use him as my human shield in chaotic times like this, I didn’t expect to fall for him so ridiculously hard that I’m unable to imagine him getting hurt for my sake.

Love is a strange and terrifying thing. I never imagined feeling it this deeply, this intensely. Not for Alejandro. Not for a man who was supposed to be my shield, ...