Chapter 24

Night of Reflection

Adrian's POV

The house was quiet when I finally returned. My body ached in ways that went beyond mere fatigue. Two days of running through every thread of danger Isabella’s father might have tried to weave into my empire left my muscles screaming, my mind frayed, and my nerves stretched thin. I could feel the residual tension in every joint, in every fiber of my being, yet nothing compared to the ache she’d left behind that morning, with that single word, ...