Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus) novel Chapter 444

She was already freezing.

And he was still snapping at her.

Isadora felt a pang of wounded pride. Relying on the fact that he usually indulged her, she decided to ignore him—at least for a little while...

But just then—

A loud crash shattered the silence.

The warehouse door burst open with a bang.

Light from outside flooded the space, chasing away the chill with a welcome touch of warmth.

Victor strode in from the doorway, radiating a cold, crackling energy that seemed to fill the room.

Wendy looked up, and there he was—a tall, imposing figure silhouetted in the light.

She blinked, hardly believing her eyes, but no, it was really Victor. They were saved.

Spinning around, she was about to call out to Isadora, only to see her friend with her eyes closed, huddled up and motionless. Wendy's face went white with panic, her voice trembling on the edge of tears as she cried, "Mr. Fitzgerald, please, hurry! Isadora—she's fainted!"

Victor's head snapped toward the corner of the warehouse.

Isadora was curled into herself, arms wrapped tight around her knees, her forehead resting atop them, messy hair veiling her pale, beautiful face.

The sight of her hit Victor like a fist to the chest. His breath caught, his whole body jolted, and a wild, red fury flared up in his eyes.

In the next instant, he was across the room in a heartbeat, dropping to his knees and sweeping her into his arms.

She was ice-cold—so cold that the chill seemed to slice straight into Victor's heart, making it seize and ache so brutally he thought he might black out.

For the first time in his life, Victor tasted the bitter flavor of real fear.