Melanie's POV

When we reached the door to the medical suite, Lucian stopped with his hand hovering over the handle.

Even if it was just for a moment.

I saw it then. Not the Alpha. Not the cold bastard who broke Selene’s heart.

A man who was terrified.

“If she wakes up and says no,” I said quietly behind him, because someone had to say it out loud, “you walk away.”

His fingers curled into a fist.

“Yes.”

“And if she doesn’t wake up at all…”

He closed his eyes.

“Then I’ll live with that,” he said hoarsely.

That was the moment I knew there was no stopping this anymore....