Elowen's POV
After finishing my conversation with Selina, I picked up my clipboard, heading toward the primary testing room. As I reached the heavy glass doors, I caught sight of Lyra slipping out from the interior bay, her posture hunched, her head low as she cast a suspicious, darting look over her shoulder.
I narrowed my eyes, a quiet alarm ringing in my head. But before I could step inside to inspect the equipment, the sound of polite, synchronized footsteps and quiet voices echoed down the main corridor.
Tina walked into the foyer, her face bathed in a rare, professional smile. Beside her stood Rhysand.
Clad in a dark bespoke three-piece suit, his towering frame commanded the entire hallway instantly. His obsidian eyes swept across the clean laboratory, resting briefly on me with
