My mysterious fiance

Previously

…Liam, sensing her renewed anxiety, squeezed her hand. “He’s cornered, Elara. He knows it. That makes him dangerous, yes, but it also makes him predictable. He’ll lash out, but he won’t be able to stop this.” Despite his reassurances, Elara couldn't shake the feeling that the storm was not yet over. The shadows outside seemed to deepen, to press in on them. The silence of the safe house, once a symbol of sanctuary, now felt fragile, precarious. She knew, with a certainty that chilled her to the bone, that Julian Thorne’s final act of defiance would be his most desperate. And she had a terrible premonition that it would involve them both.