_Aaron’s POV_
I was furious.
No—furious wasn’t enough to describe what I felt. I was seething. My hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly my knuckles turned white. Every muscle in my body was tense. My jaw ached from how hard I was clenching it.
I had underestimated him.
Dorian.
That smug bastard turned the valley into a trap.
I had gone in with everything. My men. My weapons. My plan. I was ready to crush him, take back what was mine, and end this nonsense once and for all. But instead, I walked into a damn illusion. There was smoke, wires, lights and tricks.
He didn’t even fight me.
He made a fool of me.
I slammed my fist against the dashboard of the SUV. The sound echoed in the silence. One of my men flinched but didn’t say a word. They all knew better. They had seen the l
