She deserves all of that.
Even if I’m not the one giving it to her tonight.
Another car drives by.I shift my stance, scanning it automatically before looking back up at her window.
I whisper into the cold air, barely audible even to myself:
“You’re safe tonight.”
My breath clouds in front of me, then disperses.
“But if he comes near you again...”
The rest stays inside my chest.
It’s not a threat.
It’s a truth.
I’ll find Adrian Frost.
Before he finds her.
And I won’t be merciful.
Not even close.
Chapter 47: Wren
The first thing I registeris noise.
Not loud, chaotic noise—just the kind a city makes when it thinks you aren’t listening.
A horn blaring from two blocks down.
The heater rattling like it’s trying to cough itself awake.
