“I didn’t open that door.” The words left my mouth before the silence could grow heavier.
Lucas was still holding the tablet. Adrian stood across from me, his expression calm in a way that felt more dangerous than anger.
Lucas broke the quiet first. “The system doesn’t guess. Someone used your access code.”
“I know what you said.” I kept my voice steady, even though my thoughts were already racing. Adrian stepped closer, not aggressively, but close enough that I could feel the weight of his attention.
“Seraphina,” he said quietly, “think carefully.”
“I am.”
His eyes searched my face, looking for something, hesitation, guilt, a lie. I held his gaze, refusing to look away.
Lucas tapped the screen again. “The override came from the internal network,” he said. “Not remotely.”
That made
