VILLAIN POV
*TRIGGER WARNING : This chapter contains disturbing themes and villain POV thoughts involving abuse, violence, and misogynistic language.*
Everything was gone.
Years.
Years of planning, money, alliances, secrets, cages, shipments, f*****g negotiations—
Gone.
A glass exploded against the wall hard enough to shatter into glittering pieces across the floor.
I barely heard it.
Rage was roaring too loudly inside my skull.
I paced across the room again, dragging a hand through my hair hard enough to pull, my boots echoing violently against the wooden floor while every thought in my head spiraled back toward the exact same f*****g person.
Aria Steele.
Her fault.
All of it.
If she hadn’t been the stubborn b***h she was—
If she hadn’t healed them—
And now she had mated th
