Raven stared at the message on her burner phone, her throat tightening as the words burned into her mind:
Unknown: Choose wisely. We both know who you really belong to. No name. No trace. But the venom in it was undeniably Zane.
She stood in the hallway outside the war room, the air heavier than smoke. Behind her, Jaxon barked orders into a secure line, his voice low and lethal. Everything had begun to fracture. The floor beneath her feet didn’t feel steady anymore.
Her thumb hovered over the message. She wanted to delete it, but she didn’t. Instead, she slid the phone into her back pocket and pressed her palm to the wall, steadying herself.
She couldn’t run. Not now. Not when the war was finally breaking. She re-entered the war room.
Jaxon looked up immediately. He was a shadow in m
