Nolan POV
There was never a good time to hear the kind of news Ellie had just dropped on me—but there could hardly have been a worse one either.
I had a meeting scheduled with Cassian to review the intel gathered since the border attack and to plan our next steps. It wasn’t the kind of meeting I could postpone without raising suspicion or causing unnecessary panic.
So, despite feeling like someone had just torn out my insides and left me hollow, I did what I always did—I pushed it down and carried on.
The intelligence reports didn’t suggest any immediate threats, but Cassian agreed that increasing patrols for the time being was necessary. He didn’t seem surprised when I told him that Felicity was involved, either.
I did my best to keep my cool through the meeting, even as my wolf pa
