fight I had put up. But my spirit?That was still unbroken.Because I wasn't that weak, terrified girl anymore. I had been before. I had let fear rule me, let his shadow stret

me.Everything about him changed in an instant.His expression hardened, his body going rigid. His phone slipped from his fingers, forgotten. The air between us crackled with tension, with the weight of what I couldn't yet say."Elena?"My breath came in ragged gasps, my chest heaving. "He-he took me."Adrian didn't move for a second. Then, slowly, he exhaled, his jaw clenching so tight I thought it might crack. A muscle ticked in his cheek, his hands curling into fists. But his voice, when he spoke, was quiet. Lethal."Where is he?"Tears slipped d