The Price of Silence

Rocco's POV

The moment her hand moved, I lunged. I didn’t waste a second or stop to consider the consequences. My protective instinct rose so fast it drowned everything else out, and all that mattered was reaching her, stopping her, closing the space between us in a heartbeat.

I grabbed her wrist with one hand. My other hand slid under the blade before I even understood what I was doing. The e