JESSICA'S POV
I'm frozen in the hallway, my back pressed against the cool wall. Their words are still echoing in my head. Gang up on her. Overwhelm her. Take her apart.
A floorboard creaks under my foot.
The conversation in the kitchen stops dead.
Shit.
I turn to run back upstairs, but a shadow fills the doorway. Sebastian. His eyes lock onto me, and that hungry, knowing look is back.
"Well, well," he says, his voice a low rumble. "Look who's up past her bedtime."
Julian appears beside him, his expression unreadable. Cassian is a silent figure just behind them, watching me with that intense focus that makes my skin prickle.
"Jessica," Julian says, smooth as silk. "How long have you been standing there?"
My heart is trying to punch its way out of my chest. "Not long. I was just...
