Victor's POV
Sitting in that damned hall, my jaw was clenched so tightly I thought I might c***k a tooth.
I could feel Elara beside me as my father’s voice kept droning on, each word pounding against my skull like a hammer.
“This alliance means everything,” he stated sweetly. “Nightbreeze and Nightshade have been too long at odds. A marriage between our families will heal old wounds.”
I didn’t look at him because if I did, I would lose what little control I had left. My hands curled into fists under the table, the bruises on my ribs throbbing with every breath. They were a reminder of what he had done, how he had pushed me into the wall, how he had threatened that if I didn’t end things with Selene, he would make sure I regretted it.
Thirty days. That was all I had asked her for. Th
