The bullet lay between them like a silent accusation.
Selene did not move. Couldn’t. The note folded in her trembling fingers, and the ink blurred a little from the moisture on her skin. “He’s lying.” Two words. So simple. So lethal.
Across the room, Darius stood still, his jaw was locked, his eyes were unmatched. The silence stretched long and tight, filled with a kind of tension that could explode into violence - or something more intimate.
" Are you going to say something?" Selene asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Not because she was scared, but because she didn't know what the hell she would do if he confirmed it.
Darius's eyes didn’t hesitate . "I don't lie to you."
A humorless laugh broke from her throat. “You also said you didn’t work for Lazarus anymore.”
He stepped fo
