NORA
Marcus arrives before everyone else.
I notice it the moment I walk into the meeting room. He's already seated, papers in front of him, pen in hand, looking ready. But his eyes come up the second I walk through the door and they stay on me for a beat too long before he looks back down at his papers.
I take my seat and open my files.
Raphael comes in two minutes later with Damon behind him. He nods at Marcus. Marcus nods back. Everyone settles in and the meeting starts.
It's supposed to be about the project. Resources. Alliance terms. Timeline for the next phase.
I have all the documentation prepared and I handle my part the way I always handle it.
Efficient and diirect.
No unnecessary words.
But Marcus keeps looking at me.
Not in a way I can point to exactly.
But it was
