My brain knew what to do. But my body remembered what could happen. If I stayed, and he was lying, I would win. But if Kael died because I thought I could outsmart him, I couldn't live with that.
I was going to see Julian. But I wasn't going to give in. I was going to look him in the eye and see if he was really a monster.
I moved around silently. I took off the black silk dress—it smelled too much like Viper—and changed into jeans and a hoodie Kael had gotten me. I slipped out the window.
It was easy. The prospects were watching the street, not the alleyway. I got to the ground and started walking.
The city was silent at 4:00 AM. It felt like a graveyard. I got to the cafe. The lights were on, making the street look yellow.
I saw him through the window. Julian was in a booth at the b
