"You've got a minute?"
Wylie's voice cut through the quiet, and I realized I was still standing at the window instead of back at my desk where I belonged. I'd been watching Chloe cross the courtyard below, that travel pass clutched against her chest like it was priceless, a smile breaking across her face I hadn't seen from her before.
It was unfamiliar because it has never been directed at me.
It had done a thing to me, a warm feeling pressed against my chest when she gave me a smile when I approved the leave.
She'd already vanished around the corner toward the stables by the time I turned from the glass.
"Make it quick." I crossed back to my desk and dropped into my chair. "I've still got half these patrol reports to get through before sundown."
"I did a background check on the Twi
