With the shadow guards assigned to protect Jade every waking moment, they'd had no time to investigate the backgrounds of others in the manor.
But in this life, their single-minded obsession with making amends to Lila Thorne meant they'd left the wronged Jade unguarded—freeing the shadow guards to focus on rooting out hidden threats and unearthing this lurking danger.
They knew the shadow guards were unfailingly thorough; the information they brought could not be false.
Yet the stubborn hold of what they'd thought was a past life friendship kept them from facing the truth.
Kael Thorne waved a hand, his voice tight. "Investigate further. Verify every detail, no mistakes allowed."
Elian Voss nodded his silent agreement, his fingers rubbing unconsciously at the edge of the desk, a bould
