The moment Gavriel laid Althea’s unconscious body on her bed and saw the blood still damp on the curve of her neck from his bite, something in him snapped. “You’ll survive. Whoever did this will pay. I’ll burn the world down for touching what’s mine.”

He stepped out and turned to his Beta, Osman, whose face had gone pale the second he saw Gavriel’s expression.

“Seal the estate,” Gavriel commanded, his tone icy and precise. “No one is to enter or leave. Find every servant, ...