She nodded. “Understood.”
I stepped closer and cupped her face, pressing a quick but lingering kiss to her lips—grounding myself in the familiar warmth of her before everything else could pull me away.
“Please be careful,” I said quietly. “Both of you.”
“I will,” she promised. “Go check on your mom.”
I nodded once, already backing toward the door.
“I’ll update you as soon as I know anything,” I said.
Then I turned and walked out of the office.
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FAYE
I didn’t waste a second after Alexander walked out of the office.
The door hadn’t even fully closed behind him before I pushed myself up from the couch and headed for the bedroom. My movements were quick, the way they always were when something tugged at my instincts.
I grabbed my purse from the dresser, checked that my phone and
