A gnawing unease coiled in Delilah's chest, a restless whisper that refused to be silenced. It churned through her mind, leaving her wide-eyed and restless deep into the night.
She shifted onto her side, her gaze settling on Gavin's sleeping profile. Softly, tentatively, she breathed, "Gavin, are you awake?"
It was the first time since their reunion she'd dared to drop the formalities and call him by his name, with no distance and no cold courtesy.
Gavin's eyes snapped open instantly, locking onto hers. "Did the scare today rattle you too much to sleep?"
Delilah drew a deep, shaky breath. After a long, heavy pause, she finally let the question burning inside her spill out.
"That attack today, and the assassination attempt you survived in Greenvale last time, were they set in motion by
