Selene's POV ~
Hope flickered in my chest like a fragile flame, delicate yet persistent. For the first time since he had tackled me into the dirt, I dared to believe...I might escape.
My lungs still trembled with his suffocating presence, my skin still burned beneath the press of his massive body, but somewhere inside, relief whispered: I still can get out from here.
Luca. Of all four brothers, he is the most brute, the most reckless, and the one who relied on claws and teeth more than cunning.
If it had been Kael's cold eyes pinning me down, I would have had no chance of running once caught. Because Kael saw through lies like glass and dissected truths as if they were his prey.
But Luca… he was different. He is simple-minded. He thinks by strength and not thought. That meant he could be swayed, manipulated, and deceived. If I played the part well enough, I could get out of his grasp before the others caught wind.
