"Show me the footage again."
My voice cuts through the room before anyone else can speak. Nathaniel does not argue this time. He unlocks his phone, taps the screen twice, and turns it toward me.
The clip starts.
Elena walks into the vault room with her head down and her coat pulled tight. She does not move like a thief. She moves like someone trying very hard not to run. Her hand shakes once when she reaches for the code panel. The light turns green. She steps inside.
I lean closer.
"Pause it."
Nathaniel pauses the clip. Julian moves to my side. I feel him there before I look at him. Warm. Silent. Too close for how tired my heart already is.
"The code," I say. "Can you tell whose code she used?"
Julian studies the screen for one second too long.
"Yes."
I turn to him. "And?"
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