Chapter 56- lion’s den
Author: D.twister
last update2025-06-17 20:38:59
Inside the sleek black Maybach, the silence was too much.

Valeria sat in the passenger seat, her eyes flicking repeatedly to Elijah.

His grip on the wheel was tight. Jaw clenched. The veins in his forearms strained beneath his shirt short sleeves, and his eyes never left the road ahead.

The anger still radiated off him like heat from an active lava mountain.

She swallowed and finally spoke, voice soft. “I’m sorry.”

His knuckles whitened. “Do you even understand how dangerous it was going there alone?”

Valeria stiffened.

“What if something happened to you, Valeria? What if he laid a finger on you?” Elijah’s voice rose, sharp, almost panicked. “You think I could live with that?”

“I’m fine,” she replied gently.

“No, you’re not,” he snapped. “You almost weren’t. And the only reason I got there in time was because Sienna tracked your phone. God knows what would’ve happened if she hadn’t…”

His voice trailed off, thick with whatever terror could have happened.

Valeria looked out th
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