Chapter 21

Zara POV

I stand by the gate, and at this point, the waiting isn’t only getting on my nerves; no, it’s so much worse-I’m literally freezing my ass off from the brewing storm, making the winds have a harsh bite.

The bag with Thane’s dry cleaning hangs folded over my arm, and its weight is slowly getting to me, but thank God, I hear the buzz of the electronic gates. As the gates swing open, I can’t wait any longer, so I quickly slide through the gap and walk up the long driveway towards the house.

It’s actually not a house. It’s a goddamn mansion, a little too fancy for someone like Thane if anyone would ask me, but so be it. As I walk closer, the surrounding lights make the building look like some fairytale fantasy. Too bad the only fantasy that I expect to be greeted by is the angry troll.

I’m about a quarter of the way up when I stop as Leon appears ahead of me. He stands on the concrete path, breathing so heavily that it makes him look like he’s in pain.

about why he’s outside, not inside the

before me. And what’s even worse is that one minute he stands at least twenty metres ahead of me, and the next,

lips simultaneously as he attacks me. The scream

against him are futile as Leon’s fingers press into the flesh on my arms with so much strength I’m sure he will leave ugly bruises all over my skin. My scream dies out once I feel someone rip Leon off me and send my body sprawling

a loud groan, struggle to sit up, more pain shooting through my body with every movement I

subdue Leon, who is currently fighting Thane, screaming at

close to me. Leon is terrifying and acts like an absolute -savage until Thane punches him. I cringe at the

me to my feet. And I turn my head in a daze to face Rhen’s furious expression. He glares at me as if it was my

If they need someone to paint as a bad guy, they are welcome to blame Leon, who’s the actual villain in

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