Chapter 10
Budget meetings were boring, but this one kept Gia on her toes. Brock had come in with the start of dark circles beneath his eyes. It was the morning after the full moon, so of course he’d been at the warehouse all night. She had suggested moving the meeting to another day, or at least until the afternoon, but he’d been insistent.
“With this Human Order business going on, we’re already late presenting the budget to City Council and to the public. I have a job to do. I can’t let people think that I’m putting my personal life ahead of my job.”
“What about your well-being?” she said. “And what about the fact that you’re more likely to make a mistake if you’re tired?”
“Maybe in a few months, when things have settled down a little. Right now, I have to focus on my job.”
And they
