Shattered Control

After speaking, she only then realized how agitated her emotions had become. The calmness and fearlessness she had promised herself had started to crumble the moment she saw him.

She now understood how naive it was to think she could distance herself from this battle.

Dorian's face turned cold, and he no longer wanted to feign a smile. After she used him to provoke Declan and after he felt her hea