"If my protection fails, Sia, then I will burn Neo-Veridia to ashes and bury us both beneath the rubble," Sean vowed darkly, his grip on her waist tightening.
Sia felt her breath hitch in her throat as the sheer, suffocating weight of his promise hung in the air between them. Before she could find the words to respond, Sean slowly released her, stepping back toward the doorway of her private suite.
He adjusted his dark cuffs with a single, fluid motion, his cold expression settling back over his features like an impenetrable shield.
"Stay inside this room until Gumay clears the residential corridors," Sean commanded, his parau voice leaving no room for argument. "The evening meal is canceled."
Without waiting for her reply, he stepped out into the hallway and let the heavy biometr
