Calla:
I didn't tell the others about the break-in. Not Reid. Not Julio. Not even McKenna. It wasn't because I didn't trust them. That was the problem. I trusted them enough to know they would get involved. Reid would start pulling strings. Julio would start quietly looking for whoever had done it. McKenna would probably charm information out of someone she had no business talking to. And suddenly, instead of Jace and me looking for answers, half of Riverside would be involved in a conspiracy involving my dead brother, my father's businesses, the Drift Kings, and God only knew what else. I didn't need more people mixed into this. I needed fewer.
So I did what I did best. I cleaned. The office had to be put back together anyway. That was what I told myself. The drawers had been emptied. F
