Kane
Nobody spoke.
Nobody moved.
Nobody breathed.
The photograph filled Lena's phone screen.
And standing behind Ava—
Watching her—
Was Detective Claire Morgan.
The room felt frozen.
My pulse hammered so hard it hurt.
No.
Absolutely not.
It couldn't be.
Claire had helped us.
Protected us.
Risked her career for us.
She was the one who exposed Hale.
The one who arrested half the people involved in the scandal.
The one who brought the truth into the light.
My eyes remained fixed on the image.
Maybe it was a mistake.
Maybe the angle was misleading.
Maybe—
No.
The woman in the photograph was clearly Claire.
The same hair.
The same face.
The same dark jacket she often wore.
The evidence was staring directly at us.
Lena looked sick.
Rowan looked furious.
I wasn't su
