Author's POV
What Aria didn't know was that Damian wasn't just making empty promises.
He'd heard about the news article that afternoon—the moment it broke, he'd ordered his team to kill the trending topic and launch a full investigation.
His timing had overlapped with Aria's own swift action. By the time Damian's people moved, the culprit had just been handed over to the authorities.
But that didn't mean he was letting this go. Not even close.
Someone had dared to hurt his mate. And Damian Blackwood didn't forgive easily.
Late that night, a new bombshell dropped online.
A leaked audio recording surfaced—snippets of a phone conversation between Clara Voss and a man named Ryan Cole.
In the recording, Clara's voice was dripping with venom as she systematically tore A
