Chapter 24

CAMILLA

The single word, though spoken in a low voice, carried the weight of command. Victor didn’t need to shout to assert himself; authority clung to him like a second skin. He was a man who gave orders in every aspect of his life, and expected them to be obeyed without hesitation.

I refused to meet his eyes. If I looked at those hard, unrelenting features, if I saw the steel in his gaze, my cou