DAVE
I knew I was scaring her. I could see it in the way her eyes widened, her body instinctively leaning away from me as if that could create enough distance to shield her from the truth. But in that moment, I didn’t care. My emotions were all over the place—confusion, frustration, even a hint of regret—but anger overshadowed them all, burning hot and fierce in my chest.
Elara’s face went pale as she stared at me, her eyes wide and disbelieving. She blinked rapidly, her lashes fluttering as if trying to clear away a vision she couldn’t accept. “You… you shoved someone into a tank filled with Piharans?” She paused, her brows knitting together in confusion. “Do we even have those here in Manhattan?”
Her disbelief was almost laughable. Was she really that naive, or was she just choosing t
