ADRIAN

Every single inch of my body went rigid at the sight of that old bastard pinning my Lily down—the raw terror in her eyes, the desperate way she stretched her bloody hand out toward me right before she fainted.

Rage tore through my veins, surging through my limbs like liquid fire.

Panic and fear swept across the old man's features. The surrounding guests gasped in horror, and Selene was screaming something beside me, but I didn't hear a word. I rushed forward and sent a devastating blow straight to his skull. He tumbled backward with a loud, horrifying screech.

I immediately turned to Lily, gathering her limp body into...