Luca's POV
I didn't plan to stay. I told myself I'd check the building, confirm the entrance points, be sure the man I'd stationed at the back was in position. Then I'd go to the hotel and sleep and deal with everything tomorrow.
Instead, I was standing in Maya's hallway when she opened the door.
She looked at me through the gap, then at the empty corridor behind me. "Where's your security?"
"Downstairs and at the back exit."
"So you're alone."
"Yes."
She opened the door wider. I went in.
The apartment was quiet. Aria was already asleep. The lights were low, and it smelled like the tea Maya made when she was stressed, something with ginger that I remembered from before without meaning to.
She didn't offer me a seat. She stood in the middle of the living room with her arms crossed,
