GABRIEL’S POV
Letting her go was supposed to protect her. That was the only reason I did it. I told myself that if I walked away, if I created enough distance, she would be safe. But it had been two months, and I was lying to myself if I thought I had ever truly let her go.
I wasn’t there with her. I wasn’t beside her when she woke up or when she fell asleep, but I still knew everything. Where she lived. Where she worked. Who she spoke to. What time she left her apartment in the morning. What time she returned. The smallest details of her life reached me because I made sure they did.
It wasn’t about control. It was about protection.
Aria thought she had a fresh start. A new city. A new job. A life away from me.
But there was no such thing as away when it came to her.
I knew everythin
