This chapter is dedicated to Lori E. Pearson, thank you for all he support. Niki POV In that intense moment filled with conflicting emotions my heart sank as the world seemed to stop moving and all I could perceive were Aiden's piercing green eyes brimming with fury. It felt like the air between us crackled with tension, I was suffocating under his stare....or was it what I had just heard Sabastian say. What everyone heard him say. I didn't have to guess what Aiden was thinking, his dominant stance spoke volumes. He was angry that someone had actually stood up to him and prevented him from killing Sabastian. And that someone was me. Despite the intensity of the moment, I tried to keep my composure. On the outside I remained resolute, but on the inside my heart was racing knowing tha