CHAPTER 41 – The Warning

Isabella’s POV

The morning after the tension-filled night didn’t feel like morning at all. It felt suspended—like the world was holding its breath, waiting for something I couldn’t name. Adrian was already awake when I opened my eyes. His side of the bed was cool, the sheets barely disturbed, meaning he had probably been awake for hours, wrestling with things he would never fully tell me.

I stretched, blinking against the soft sunlight touching the room. My ...