FIA
Cian's jaw tightened. For a second, the silence between us was louder than his threat. He moved toward the bars, the sound of his boots echoing across the concrete floor, heavy and deliberate. When he unlocked the cage, the metal screeched like it was screaming for me to run. But I didn't. I sat still, watching him close the distance with that quiet fury that only he carried.
He stepped inside and the air changed. The cell shrank. Every breath I took felt shared, pulled from the same thin space between us. His eyes, a cold storm, locked on mine as if searching for a reason not to do what he said he would.
"What makes you think I won't?" His voice was low now, quieter, but sharper. A blade drawn slow enough to make me feel every inch.
I tilted my head. "Because I just know."
