Ethan’s POV
Everything inside me went cold.
Claire’s words didn’t need repetition. Her father. The man holding Aria. I already knew what that meant. I had seen his kind before—men who smiled easily, who touched without asking, who believed money erased consequences. In a world were power made someone untouchable...I had to be smarter and careful if I needed Aria alive.
It was a shock he was not arrested yet, money and power had a way of shielding criminals.
The road ahead blurred as I tightened my grip on the steering wheel. My mind shut out everything except a single image: Aria trapped, standing still because fighting would only make it worse.
I slammed the car into reverse. Tires shrieked as I turned us around, my foot pressing hard on the accelerator. The streetlamp came back into
