Lina's POV
This was impossible. How could Adrian be here? This had to be a hallucination!aI gripped the railing tightly, afraid to turn around.
Footsteps approached.
A warm hand settled gently on my waist.
I looked up in surprise. "You're not a figment of my imagination?"
Adrian's chest rumbled with a low chuckle.
"Why are you here so late?" he asked.
"Why are you here so late?" I countered.
Adrian considered this. "Hmm, I couldn't sleep and decided to take a walk. Somehow ended up here."
"Coincidentally, me too."
His gaze swept over my face, inch by inch.
"Did something happen at the Lockwoods?" he asked.
I quickly shook my head. "No! Victor and Elena were very good to me!"
"And him?"
He wouldn't say Jasper's name.
I bit my lip. "There's noth
