Selene’s face was beautiful in the way a blade is beautiful.
Sharp. Polished. Made to wound.
And for the first time since I had met her, I saw that beauty c***k.
Not fully.
Not dramatically.
Just enough.
Just enough for the truth to flash through.
She had not expected me to hear that.
Good.
Darius turned more slowly.
That told me something useful too.
Selene startled when her control slipped.
Darius only recalculated.
I hated him instantly all over again.
The chamber had gone silent.
Behind me, I could feel Kade like heat at my back even before I heard the soft step that told me he had followed me out of the corridor shadows. Not touching. Not crowding. Just there.
And somehow that was worse for the people in front of me than if he had come storming out.
Because it made th
