ELODIE'S POV~
Elodie was mid-sentence, saying something about encryption layers, her finger tracing the screen of the tablet, when she paused.
Just for a second. Half a second, maybe.
Simon noticed. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I just—" Elodie shook her head, refocusing on the screen. "Sorry. The biometric integration works in three phases..."
But something had shifted. Some instinct, some awareness.
Across the hall, Levi's elbow connected with Dante's ribs.
"Ow—what?"
"Over there." Levi nodded toward the far corner, where a small group huddled around exhibition displays. "Your wife's here too."
Dante's head turned. Followed the direction Levi indicated.
There. There stood… Elodie. A Tablet in hand, explaining something with those animated gestures she did when she got absorbed in tech. Tw
