Knox’s POV
“We’re going to have to divert the sewer this way if we want to put the school there,” Xylander said, pointing at the plans in front of me.
I nodded, though I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that we weren’t going to be able to build a school no matter what we did with the sewer system. Word had been sent ahead that Aaron was returning—without anything having negotiated with Olwen.
In fact, I was expecting him within the next few hours.
Which was why, when my sweating, angry, rumpled Beta showed up in the office doorway seconds later, I was shocked.
“Aaron? What the—?” I began.
“Out!” he shouted at Xylander.
The engineer knew better than to argue with a man in that state. He simply rolled up the plans and made himself scarce.
I waited, wide-eyed, for what Aaron had to
