Shattered Restraint

Almost on reflex, Mateo reached out and clamped a hand over Ryan's mouth, cutting off his crying in an instant.

But Julian just gave a cold smile, his strikingly handsome face shadowed and intense. His eyes were like bottomless, icy pools, so dark and deep that it felt suffocating just to meet his gaze.

"Julian," Sophia called out softly. But before she could say more, Julian's chilling, predatory