Still, that refusal only deepened Olivia Osborne's curiosity. From the day she was born, she had lived in a world where every door opened before she reached it. Men lined up for the mere chance of sharing a meal with her, yet Liam had turned her down without a flicker of hesitation. That made him the single most interesting person she had encountered in a very long time.
The Archive had no elevator. Liam and Xena York climbed the stairwell floor by floor, their footsteps echoing off the ancient stonework. For two people whose Cultivation Base was as advanced as theirs, the physical effort barely registered. What did register, though, was the presence that pressed down on them from above. With every floor they ascended, Liam felt the weight of powerful auras bearing down like invisible han
