Chapter 40

• RAFAEL
• I watch my pet and her sister talking each other's ears off. Francesca's doing her best to assure Melina she isn't suffering under my hands. The truth is, I didn't need to put on this fucking show for them. Didn't need that bastard Thomas getting an eyeful of what's mine tonight. But I had to prove them wrong - if I couldn't let that fucking idiot see her in barely anything, it would mean James's words were true, and they couldn't fucking be.
• HOURS EARLIER I stare out the window, watching the sunset, but my mind is a thousand miles away. Yesterday changed everything - shit I never could've seen coming. Maybe I wanted to believe Thomas was behind all this because it was easier than facing the truth: I had another enemy out there. Worse, this one wasn't even showing their face, just their hatred for me.