"But that's not why I love her." Leo's voice grew fierce. "It's not her skills. Not her past. Not anything she can do for me."
He met Alexa's eyes.
"It's her heart. Soft, but unbreakable. Gentle, but fierce. Kind, but not weak."
He stepped back, his hands steady at his sides.
"She is perfect. And I am lucky. So fucking lucky that she chose me."
He looked at Alexa, and his eyes were cold again.
"I will never let her go. No one will take her from me. No one will hurt her. Anyone who tries—anyone who even thinks about harming her or taking her away—" His voice dropped to a whisper, deadly and absolute. "I will kill them. I will burn their world to the ground. I will erase them from existence."
He turned toward the door.
"That includes you."
He walked out.
The door closed.
And Alexa sat alone in the dark, with nothing but the echo of his words and the terrible, hollow knowledge that she had never, not for one moment, stood a chance.
