(Author’s POV)
The storm hadn’t hit yet but it was coming.
The heavy steel doors of the intel lab slid open with a hiss. Selene walked in first, expression unreadable, lips pressed thin, eyes laser-focused. Adrian followed behind her, calm as ever but there was a storm under his still surface.
Neither spoke about the kiss. Not a word. But the silence was louder than anything else. Thick. Loaded. Unspoken.
The tech room was buried deep inside the Alps, cold walls lined with screens, secured with triple encryption. A place where the world couldn’t listen. The moment they entered, the main screen flickered, and Jiang and Matteo appeared on the secure video call.
“You made it” Jiang said, visibly relieved.
“Barely,” Adrian muttered.
“But the vault didn’t”.
“Rael will be rabid now. And
