Jayda felt her vision blur for a second.
Blood.
There was blood on Damek’s knuckles.
Fresh blood.
The elevator doors slowly opened wider while silence swallowed the hallway whole. Even Gon froze beside her. Damek looked up. And the moment his eyes landed on Jayda, his expression immediately changed.
Shock. Then concern.
“Jayda?”
But Jayda couldn’t answer. Her heartbeat became unbearably loud inside her ears.
Blood.
Hooded man.
Murder.
Her mind immediately connected everything all over again. Damek noticed where her eyes were focused. Slowly, he looked down at his injured knuckles too. Then he sighed softly.
“Oh.”
Oh?
Oh?!
Jayda unconsciously stepped backward. That single movement immediately made Damek’s chest tighten painfully.
“No,” he muttered quickly. “It’s not what you
