Damian POV I started to move away from Willow, to turn back to my office so I could begin working on a plan with Archer and Caine to address the betrayal of Elder Ulric and the rest of this clusterfuck, but stopped at the tug from her. Her fingers circled my forearms, and she brought her gaze up to mine. Her tongue darted out, wetting her lips, before she exhaled slowly. “Before you start down a path you can’t come back from, you need to know everything.” I froze, searching her eyes in case I was misinterpreting her. She held steady, nothing but determination etched on her face. “Okay. Let’s go into my office.” She shook her head. “No. Is there a private space outdoors somewhere? Where there are no patrols and no one else can see?” She chewed on her lip as she looked at me. Slowly

