Chapter 100

• His jaw tightened, and his fists clenched at his sides. The air around him seemed to grow colder as rage simmered just beneath his calm exterior. It didn’t take him long to piece it together. That ring wasn’t just a piece of jewellery; it was a declaration, a mark of someone else’s claim on her.
• Hatred coiled in his chest like a venomous snake, but it wasn’t directed at her. It was aimed squarely at the man who had dared to place that ring on her finger. Ricardo.
• The thought of someone else trying to take what he still considered his own made his vision blur with fury. Yet, Edric reined in his emotions, his cold and calculated mind already spinning with plans. He wasn’t the type to lose control, not when there was so much at stake.