Chapter 270

Theron's POV

The night air was cool, heavy with the lingering scent of asphalt and city smoke. Wren walked beside me, her shadow stretching long under the streetlamps, thin and fragile like she might disappear if I looked away too long.

I halted, my instincts screaming that if I didn't make her see the truth now, I might lose her to the poison Vance had tried to pour into her head.

I turned her ge