The door clicked open, and my heart stopped. I knew who it was before I even turned my head. Gabriel stepped in, slow, deliberate. His face was serious, more serious than I had ever seen it. His dark eyes locked on me immediately.

He still had his arm in a sling, the evidence of the race and the attack still fresh. I don't know what he's going to think seeing us together like this. I wanted to explain things to him but it felt like I was wrong. 

“Carlota,” he said quietly, but his ...