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CH.53

Knox returned to the secluded villa under the cloak of night, his footsteps making no sound as he moved through the dimly lit hallways like a wraith.

He made his way towards the master bedroom they now shared as husband and wife.

He eased open the thick oak door and slipped inside. His gaze was immediately drawn to Serena's tiny figure on the massive bed.

Her body was trembling slightly while a sheen of sweat glistened on her brow. The poor girl was clearly trapped in the grips of a restless, fitful slumber.

Soft whimpers fell from her parted lips, her delicate features contorted in an expression of anguish as if she were trapped in the throes of a nightmare.

"Daddy...please don't leave me," she murmured in a voice laced with heartbreaking vulnerability.

Those few words seemed to rip at something deep inside Knox's impenetrable chest, eliciting an unexpected flash of protectiveness that he ruthlessly suppressed.

He was not some doting kind of guy… he was a powerful being wh
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