THIRD PERSON POV
The room held its quiet after the failed escape and the air felt tighter and sharper. Storm sat retrained again while the guards kept their distance and watched her like they had finally learned something they should have known from the start.
Raze didn’t come immediately and he didn’t rish the moment. He let the tension settle into the space and into the people inside it until it became something controlled and deliberate.
When he endered again he carried the same calm presence and the same measured steps, his eyes moved over the room and over the guards and finally over Storm like he was confirming a calculation he had already made.
“She almost walked out.” One of the guards said.
“She didn’t.” Raze replied.
Storm lifted her chin slightly and met his gaze with
